TY - BOOK AU - Long,Shawn ED - IGI eBooks. ED - IGI Global. TI - Communication, relationships and practices in virtual work SN - 9781615209804 (PDF) AV - HD2336.3 .C66 2010e U1 - 658.3/123 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Hershey, Pa. PB - IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA) KW - Telecommuting KW - Virtual work KW - Dynamics of virtual teams KW - Virtual work environments KW - Organizational identity KW - Virtual mentoring KW - Power dynamics KW - Mobile collaboration KW - Human-computer interaction KW - Trust in virtual work KW - Surveillance in virtual work KW - Politics of virtual work KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Examining tensions in telework policies / Jennifer Gibbs, Craig Scott, Young Kim, Sun Lee -- 2. Communication, structural links, and conflict in three inter-organizational virtual collaborations / Tyler Harrison, Elizabeth Williams -- 3. Online teaching as virtual work in the new (political) economy / Roy Schwartzman, David Carlone -- 4. The ethical implications of the virtual work environment / Rachel Byers -- 5. The electronic panopticon / Shawn Long, Richie Goodman, Chase Clow -- 6. Virtual team identity construction and boundary maintenance / Huiyan Zhang, Marshall Poole -- 7. Temporary virtual teams / Stacey Connaughton, Elizabeth Williams, Jennifer Linvill, Elizabeth O'Connor, Troy Hayes -- 8. Status and influence processes in virtual teams and mobile collaborations / Elizabeth Ravlin -- 9. Sense of community in professional virtual communities / Anita Blanchard, David Askay, Katherine Frear -- 10. Virtual mentoring / Narissra Punyanunt-Carter, Emilio Hernandez -- 11. Politics in virtual work / Shawn Long, Marla Boughton, Rachel Widener -- 12. The amplification of power dynamics in virtual work / Stephen Yungbluth, Zachary Hart -- 13. Engineers' perceptions of relational limitations intrinsic to virtual work / Eletra Gilchrist -- 14. Power and trust in the virtual workplace / Ardis Hanson, Eric Engel, Sheila Gobes-Ryan -- 15. Structuring a local virtual work ecology for a collaborative, multi-institutional higher educational project / Shalin Hai-Jew -- 16. Aided system of competence management for virtual team building adapted to specific needs of design projects / Marinita Schumacher, Julie Le Cardinal, Jean-Claude Bocquet; Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers; Also available in print N2 - "This book provides exploration of the opportunities, benefits and costs associated with virtual work, addressing several communicative, relational and practical issues associated with virtual work"--Provided by publisher UR - http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-61520-979-8 ER -