The role of virtual distance in innovation and success

Karen Sobel Lojeski; Richard Reilly; Peter Dominick

doi:10.1109/HICSS.2006.484

The role of virtual distance in innovation and success

Karen Sobel Lojeski, Richard Reilly, Peter Dominick

School of Business

Stevens Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Although prior research has tended to dichotomize work teams as virtual or non-virtual, most project teams today involve some mix of face-to-face and virtual interaction. We develop a construct called Virtual Distance® that includes temporal, spatial and relational facets and apply it to 115 project teams. We propose that virtual distance will influence trust, goal clarity and organizational citizenship and will indirectly have an influence on innovativeness and project success. Our results showed that virtual distance had significant influences on trust, goal clarity and OCB and indirectly influenced innovation and success. The results have implications for the selection and management of teams that are geographically dispersed and interact virtually.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS'06
Pages	25c
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2006.484
State	Published - 2006
Event	39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS'06 - Kauai, HI, United States Duration: 4 Jan 2006 → 7 Jan 2006

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Name	Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Volume	1
ISSN (Print)	1530-1605

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Conference	39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS'06
Country/Territory	United States
City	Kauai, HI
Period	4/01/06 → 7/01/06

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Lojeski, KS, Reilly, R & Dominick, P 2006, The role of virtual distance in innovation and success. in Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS'06., 1579343, Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, vol. 1, pp. 25c, 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS'06, Kauai, HI, United States, 4/01/06. https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2006.484

The role of virtual distance in innovation and success. / Lojeski, Karen Sobel; Reilly, Richard; Dominick, Peter.
Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS'06. 2006. p. 25c 1579343 (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences; Vol. 1).

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