This chapter investigates the role of e-leaders in building and maintaining collective awareness within virtual teams. The authors examine the effects of behavioral leadership orientation on collective awareness building. The study explores the bi-dimensional structure of both collective...

E-leadership has emerged in virtual team literature as an important determinant of relationship building. However, the way e-leaders develop high quality relationship between virtual team members is little understood. The purpose of this paper is to identify the key roles that enable virtual...

The purpose of this paper is to identify the key roles that enable e-leaders to build high-quality exchanges with their team members. We use behavioral complexity theory to analyze the roles played by leaders of virtual teams, and helping them to develop effective leader-member exchanges (LMX)....

This study investigates the relationship between trust and collective awareness levels over time. The study also examines the multi-dimensionality of both trust and collective awareness in virtual teams. Hence, we adopt a longitudinal study to provide a preliminary step towards understanding the...

Ce papier se propose de relater trois travaux de thèse complémentaires, soutenus ou en cours, dans le domaine des équipes ou communautés virtuelles. Il se veut plutôt didactique et synthétique, par une comparaison des approches méthodologiques utilisés et des modèles validés ou en...