Virtual Teams Research: 10 Years, 10 Themes, and 10 Opportunities

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Article 1- Gilson, L.L., Maynard, M.T., Jones Young, N.C., Vartiainen, M. and
Hakonen, M., 2015. Virtual teams research: 10 years, 10 themes, and 10 opportunities.
Journal of management, 41(5), pp.1313-1337.
Arguments Presented by Authors
Virtual Teams help in enhancing the group dynamics as well as boosting the
productivity of the teams successfully. As opined by the authors in the respective article, the
virtual team is considered as the cluster of the individuals who try to contribute in shared
projects through creation of proper and cooperative efforts which will be suitable in
achieving the shared goals as well as objectives. In the article, it has been identified that in
the past ten years, there are ten and more opportunities which will be beneficial for the
growth of the teams. The virtual teams have enhanced the leadership skills along with trust
among the different individuals which will be effective in retention of the employees.
In addition, the virtual teams can create different issues such as difference of time and
speed and uncertainty regarding the meaning of silence which can create huge differences in
the working procedures of the different individuals and it affects the growth of the company
and employees negatively. There are various elements which will be suitable for the
implementation of the virtual team set up wherein trust is the key element which is the
suitable aspect and needs to be incorporated by the companies for gaining revenues.
Methodology Used by Authors to Convince Readers
The thematic analysis has been considered in the respective article in which there are
ten themes which have been identified for analyzing the importance and relevance of the
virtual teams in the current scenario in the different companies. With the thematic analysis, it
is flexible in gaining insights on the identification of the patterns of meaning across the

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dataset which helps in providing answers to the research question which is being addressed.
The ten themes which has been used includes trust, globalization along with proper
leadership for managing the system appropriately.
Discussion of Limitations of Research Conducted by Authors
The research of the article has been done based on the thematic analysis wherein no
surveys or interviews have been analyzed while managing the research process. Due to the
thematic analysis, the theoretical understanding has been generated and there is absence of
real-world understanding concerning the virtual team approaches. The authors have tried to
analyze the fact that due to lack of practical understanding regarding Virtual Teams, there are
deficiencies that affected the implementation of the virtual teams in the different companies.