Title

A Meta-Analytic Investigation Of Virtuality And Information Sharing In Teams

Keywords

Group; Information sharing; Team; Virtual; Virtuality

Abstract

We uncover new insights on the role of virtuality on team information sharing. A new two-dimensional conceptualization of information sharing (Mesmer-Magnus & DeChurch, 2009) enabled us to reconcile past inconsistencies in the virtual team literature. Recasting the findings of 94 studies (total number of groups = 5596; total N approximately = 19,702) into this framework reveals three key insights. First, virtuality improves the sharing of unique information, but hinders the openness of information sharing. Second, unique information sharing is more important to the performance of face-to-face teams than is open information sharing, whereas open information sharing is more important to the performance of virtual teams than is unique information sharing. Third, the effects of virtuality on information sharing are more curvilinear than linear - such that low levels of virtuality improve information sharing, but high levels hider it. Implications for research and practice are discussed. © 2011 Elsevier Inc.

Publication Date

7-1-2011

Publication Title

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volume

115

Issue

2

Number of Pages

214-225

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2011.03.002

Socpus ID

79956267854 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/79956267854

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