%0 Journal Article %1 citeulike:590289 %A Gillam, Catherine %A Oppenheim, Charles %D 2006 %J Journal of Information Science %K CSCW CoP CoPs Communities_of_Practice KM Knowledge-Management KnowledgeManagement Knowledge_Management Virtual_Teams community-of-practice distributedCoPs team_work virtualCoPs %N 2 %P 160--175 %R 10.1177/0165551506062328 %T Review Article: Reviewing the impact of virtual teams in the information age %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0165551506062328 %V 32 %X This paper provides an overview of virtual teams in the information age, focussing on the definition of virtual teams, their salient characteristics, the communication issues they face (including information overload, geographic and social distance), the technical issues involved (linking this to theories of media use), the issues raised by cultural diversity in the teams (including identity, trust and conflict) and managerial implications. Suggestions are made on how to address the issues raised and omissions from previous research are highlighted. 10.1177/0165551506062328

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