TY - JOUR
T1 - Technology Alignment: A New Area in Virtual Team Research
AU - Bjørn, Pernille
AU - Ngwenyama, Ojelanki
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Technology use and adaptation are the center of attention in research on virtual teams. Through empirical observations from six interpretative cases of virtual teams, we suggest conceptualizing the relationship between technology-use practices and collaborative practices as a technology-alignment process. We define technology alignment based upon four key perspectives on technology-use practices: continuous iterative process, reflection-on-action activities, malleability and reconfigurability, and transformation. Moreover, we show how these four key perspectives influence the design, the outcome, the task processes, and the socioemotional processes of the particular virtual team.
AB - Technology use and adaptation are the center of attention in research on virtual teams. Through empirical observations from six interpretative cases of virtual teams, we suggest conceptualizing the relationship between technology-use practices and collaborative practices as a technology-alignment process. We define technology alignment based upon four key perspectives on technology-use practices: continuous iterative process, reflection-on-action activities, malleability and reconfigurability, and transformation. Moreover, we show how these four key perspectives influence the design, the outcome, the task processes, and the socioemotional processes of the particular virtual team.
KW - virtual teams
KW - Collaboration
KW - interpretative qualitative empirical cases
KW - technology alignment
KW - technology in use
KW - virtual teams
KW - Collaboration
KW - interpretative qualitative empirical cases
KW - technology alignment
KW - technology in use
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0361-1434
VL - 53
JO - I E E E Transactions on Professional Communication
JF - I E E E Transactions on Professional Communication
IS - 4
ER -