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Prof. Khaled Al Majzoub
VGTU

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Journal article
Published: 21 October 2020 in Information
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Organizational reliance on virtual teams (VTs) is increasing tremendously due to the significant benefits they offer, such as efficiently reaching objectives and increasing organizational performance. However, VTs face a lot of challenges that, if overlooked, will prevent them from yielding the required benefits. One of the major issues that hinders the effectiveness of VTs is the decision-making process. There is a lack of scientific research that attempts to understand the factors affecting decision making processes in VTs. Studies in this area have only been done in the United States and Europe. However, such research has not been conducted in the Middle East, where specific scientific solutions are still required to improve the performance of VTs. Therefore, this study is conducted in the Middle East, namely in the United Arab Emirates, to gain scientific knowledge on this region’s specificity. An online questionnaire (Google forms) was used to obtain the necessary data. Hypotheses were developed to test the influence of ICT (Information and communications technologies), language, information sharing, and trust on the decision-making processes, and the effect of decision making on team performance. Structural equational model (SEM) methodology was used to test our proposed model. The results showed that factors such as trust, ICT, and information sharing have a direct effect on decision-making processes, while language has no effect on decision making, and decision-making processes have a direct effect on the performance of the VTs.

ACS Style

Vida Davidaviciene; Khaled Majzoub; Ieva Meidute-Kavaliauskiene. Factors Affecting Decision-Making Processes in Virtual Teams in the UAE. Information 2020, 11, 490 .

AMA Style

Vida Davidaviciene, Khaled Majzoub, Ieva Meidute-Kavaliauskiene. Factors Affecting Decision-Making Processes in Virtual Teams in the UAE. Information. 2020; 11 (10):490.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Vida Davidaviciene; Khaled Majzoub; Ieva Meidute-Kavaliauskiene. 2020. "Factors Affecting Decision-Making Processes in Virtual Teams in the UAE." Information 11, no. 10: 490.

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Published: 25 August 2020 in Sustainability
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The development and use of information and communications technology (ICT) are growing at a rapid speed across the world. ICT has been the cause for new types of work arrangements, such as virtual organizations, virtual teams, teleworking, etc. Virtual teams provide organizations with competitive advantage by enabling them to hire talented people across the world and eliminating the need for physical availability in the office. However, one major issue hindering the productivity of the virtual team is knowledge sharing. The lack of proper knowledge sharing between team members may cause organizations to fail with regards to the implementation of successful strategies. The research into understanding knowledge sharing in virtual teams (VT) in the Middle East is lacking. While such studies have been done in the United States and Europe, the Middle East has been overlooked. In this study, the authors assume that there are some specific behavioral aspects of VT in the Middle East that create the need for specific scientific solutions. Accordingly, this study was conducted in the Middle East in order to gain scientific knowledge on the region’s specificity. The objective of this article is to create a model for the evaluation of the effect on knowledge sharing in virtual teams in the Middle East. For analysis, the selection of companies includes United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based companies in the IT industry whose businesses engage in VT. The results show that the following factors have a direct effect on knowledge sharing in VT: Culture, motivation, conflict, ICT, trust, and leadership. Conversely, the results do not demonstrate that language has any impact on knowledge sharing. The methodology used is as follows: Literature review, survey methods, and structural equation modeling.

ACS Style

Vida Davidavičienė; Khaled Al Majzoub; Ieva Meidute-Kavaliauskiene. Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Teams. Sustainability 2020, 12, 6917 .

AMA Style

Vida Davidavičienė, Khaled Al Majzoub, Ieva Meidute-Kavaliauskiene. Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Teams. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (17):6917.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Vida Davidavičienė; Khaled Al Majzoub; Ieva Meidute-Kavaliauskiene. 2020. "Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Teams." Sustainability 12, no. 17: 6917.