1st Edition
Building Virtual Teams Trust, Culture, and Remote Working
- Introduction
- Building and maintaining trust in remote teams
- Trust and culture in remote project teams
- Discussion
1.1 Research context and objectives
1.2 Organization of the book
1.3 Characteristics and challenges of remote teams
1.4 Development of remote teams
2.1 Defining trust – interpersonal, team, and organizational trust
2.2 Integrative model of trust
2.3 Swift trust model
2.4 A novel approach: trust as a social practice
2.4.1 Practice theories in organizational research
2.4.2 A model of building and maintaining trust as a practice
2.5 Team case study: building and maintaining trust in a remote development team
3.1 Defining culture – national, organizational, and team culture
3.2 Cultural dimensions theory
3.3 Trust practices and culture
3.4 Comparative case studies: trust practices in Germany and Singapore
4.1 Research summary
4.2 Theoretical contribution
4.3 Practical implications
4.4 Conclusion
Biography
Catalina Dumitru is an Affiliated Researcher at the Bremen Graduate School for Social Sciences. She has completed her PhD in Business Administration at Jacobs University Bremen, Germany, and her work has been published in the European Journal of Business and Management Research and the International Journal of Management and Applied Research. Her research interests include trust, project teams, practice theories, and culture.
