The moderating effect of team familiarity and similarity on virtuality and conflict in teams

This article explores the influence of four moderators (member familiarity, work habits similarity, gender similarity and ethnicity similarity) on the relationship between the level of virtuality and conflict (task conflict, relationship conflict, process conflict) experienced in teams. Results from...

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Main Authors: Kang, Wan Lin, Nadzirah Baharom, Tien, Angela Hui Pin
Other Authors: Naina Gupta
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2010
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-227892023-05-19T06:24:07Z The moderating effect of team familiarity and similarity on virtuality and conflict in teams Kang, Wan Lin Nadzirah Baharom Tien, Angela Hui Pin Naina Gupta Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business::Management::Conflict management DRNTU::Business::Management::Organizational behavior This article explores the influence of four moderators (member familiarity, work habits similarity, gender similarity and ethnicity similarity) on the relationship between the level of virtuality and conflict (task conflict, relationship conflict, process conflict) experienced in teams. Results from 50 student teams suggest that both member familiarity and ethnicity similarity are positive moderators of the relationship between virtuality and all conflict types. They also suggest that the relationship between virtuality and relationship conflict is positively moderated by gender similarity, but is not moderated by work habits similarity. BUSINESS 2010-04-01T07:10:35Z 2010-04-01T07:10:35Z 2010 2010 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/22789 en Nanyang Technological University 42 p. application/pdf
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Tien, Angela Hui Pin
The moderating effect of team familiarity and similarity on virtuality and conflict in teams
description This article explores the influence of four moderators (member familiarity, work habits similarity, gender similarity and ethnicity similarity) on the relationship between the level of virtuality and conflict (task conflict, relationship conflict, process conflict) experienced in teams. Results from 50 student teams suggest that both member familiarity and ethnicity similarity are positive moderators of the relationship between virtuality and all conflict types. They also suggest that the relationship between virtuality and relationship conflict is positively moderated by gender similarity, but is not moderated by work habits similarity.
author2 Naina Gupta
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author Kang, Wan Lin
Nadzirah Baharom
Tien, Angela Hui Pin
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title The moderating effect of team familiarity and similarity on virtuality and conflict in teams
title_short The moderating effect of team familiarity and similarity on virtuality and conflict in teams
title_full The moderating effect of team familiarity and similarity on virtuality and conflict in teams
title_fullStr The moderating effect of team familiarity and similarity on virtuality and conflict in teams
title_full_unstemmed The moderating effect of team familiarity and similarity on virtuality and conflict in teams
title_sort moderating effect of team familiarity and similarity on virtuality and conflict in teams
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