TY - JOUR
T1 - Inclusion in global virtual teams
T2 - Exploring non-spatial proximity and knowledge sharing on innovation
AU - Hung, Shiu Wan
AU - Cheng, Min Jhih
AU - Hou, Chen En
AU - Chen, Nai Rong
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2021/5
Y1 - 2021/5
N2 - Virtual teams, through their ability to bridge space over time, are an important component of globally dispersed enterprises. Inclusion consists of a team's mission, effort, and practice to sustain a diverse workplace and leverage the influence of diversity to realize a rival business advantage. This study examined the role of inclusive non-spatial proximity and knowledge sharing in fostering innovation performance of virtual teams. Survey responses were received from 143 subjects with working experience in virtual teams of the top-2000 global enterprises in Taiwan and China that possess high rankings in the integration of international cooperation. The model was assessed and validated using partial least squares regression. According to the empirical results, organizational proximity influences technical innovation through knowledge contribution. Furthermore, cognitive proximity influences technical innovation through knowledge absorption. Finally, the relationships between cognitive proximity and knowledge absorption and between institutional proximity and knowledge contribution were shown to have industrial differences.
AB - Virtual teams, through their ability to bridge space over time, are an important component of globally dispersed enterprises. Inclusion consists of a team's mission, effort, and practice to sustain a diverse workplace and leverage the influence of diversity to realize a rival business advantage. This study examined the role of inclusive non-spatial proximity and knowledge sharing in fostering innovation performance of virtual teams. Survey responses were received from 143 subjects with working experience in virtual teams of the top-2000 global enterprises in Taiwan and China that possess high rankings in the integration of international cooperation. The model was assessed and validated using partial least squares regression. According to the empirical results, organizational proximity influences technical innovation through knowledge contribution. Furthermore, cognitive proximity influences technical innovation through knowledge absorption. Finally, the relationships between cognitive proximity and knowledge absorption and between institutional proximity and knowledge contribution were shown to have industrial differences.
KW - Inclusive organization
KW - Knowledge contribution
KW - Proximity dimensions
KW - Virtual teams
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85096591599&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.11.022
DO - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.11.022
M3 - 期刊論文
AN - SCOPUS:85096591599
SN - 0148-2963
VL - 128
SP - 599
EP - 610
JO - Journal of Business Research
JF - Journal of Business Research
ER -
