Developing and Maintaining Information System: The Impact of Virtual Team VS Face-to-Face Team on Group Performance and Outcomes

Abstract

Studies that have been done in order to understand how virtual teams work and the impact of such a form of collaboration on team performance have revealed contradictory results, confirming in some cases the viability of virtual teams and consecrating in others, their inferiority compared to the face to face teams. The objective of this paper is to explain this inconsistency, by reviewing the literature on the matter. We have also, proposed an exploratory model based on the AST (Adaptive Structuration Theory) and the CVA (Competing Values Approach), that aims to explore the impact of virtual teamwork on group performance and outcomes.