Cohesion Is Lower in Virtualized Collaborations: A Comparison of Teams’ Network Structure
- Virtualization fundamentally changes how social relations form, but its effect on network structure in collaborative teams is poorly understood. This paper compares team networks from nine government-funded projects that were conducted virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic with 15 prepandemic projects from the same funding program. Results of our comparative analysis of 2,746 dyadic ties in 24 teams showed lower levels of network density, clustering, and structural cohesion in virtualized projects, indicating fragmented virtual teams. Furthermore, expressive networks, defined by the sharing of personal information, were affected more than instrumental networks, which revolve around the sharing of expert knowledge.
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| Author: | Philip RothORCiD, Malte Doehne |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:832-epub4-27247 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1177/10464964231202454 |
| ISSN: | 1046-4964 |
| ISSN: | 1552-8278 |
| Parent Title (English): | Small Group Research |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| Place of publication: | Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first Publication: | 2024/08/01 |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2024/08/02 |
| GND-Keyword: | COVID-19 |
| Tag: | Cohesion; Communication Technology; Social Networks; Teams; Virtualization |
| Volume: | 55 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Page Number: | 35 |
| Institutes: | Angewandte Sozialwissenschaften (F01) / Fakultät 01 / Institut für Medienforschung und Medienpädagogik |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 300 Sozialwissenschaften |
| Open Access: | Open Access |
| DeepGreen: | DeepGreen |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY-NC - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell 4.0 International |