Issues faced by software project managers in Pakistan during the execution of multi-located and multi-cultural projects, a case study by Mughal, Usman

“…This paper analyzes execution of such projects in Pakistan to uncover the major problems such as communications, time zone differences, geographical distance and cultural disparities. …”
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Effectiveness of teleworking using internet facilities (E-Teleworking) by Awang, M Khalid, Hassan, Hasni, Mat Amin, Maizan, W A Halim, W Faranaquiah

“…Teleworking offers alternatives for people to work without concerning their geographical boundary or time zone. Work can be performed anywhere and anytime without restriction.Teleworking tends to be the trend in the world of business.However, in spite of its popularity, Malaysia is still lagging behind in its implementation.Telecommunication technology is the key factor in contributing to the successful implementation of teleworking.In order to carry out the task of teleworking,a variety of telecommunication facilities are available.However, nowadays, only one approach is considered effective that is using the Internet facilities (e-teleworking).The main objective of the research is to evaluate the effectiveness of e-teleworking. …”
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Work time demand and job satisfaction of geographically dispersed team: The mediating role of organizational support by Yong, Shee-Mun, Thi, Lip Sam

“…Employee job satisfaction is often attributed to amongst others the level of co-worker and supervisory support in an organization.For geographically dispersed teams (GDT), the ability to support team members remains a spatiotemporal challenge with limited face-to-face contact, time zone differences, cultural and language impediments.The inability to collaborating and organizing work across different time zones with few overlapping hours exert psychosocial stress that impedes job satisfaction.This research was undertaken to gauge the satisfaction level of Malaysian GDTs working under such conditions and the effect of organizational support to buffer the impact and restore job satisfaction. …”
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Virtually, you are there! exploring the teamwork challenges to swift trust formation when working in global virtual team by Zakaria, Norhayati, Mohd Yusof, Shafiz Affendi, Ab Rahman Muton, Nursakirah

“…Due to the nature of the GVT work structure in which people are unconstrained by geographic boundaries, teams must also cope with conflicting cultural values and time zone differences.This factor creates many challenges, in particular with a group of people who are strangers to one another and has no historical background of working together.The main purpose of this exploratory study is to highlight the challenges of swift trust formation within GVTs and to present the teamwork-related issues involved in globally distributed collaboration.We conducted two focus group interviews to develop a preliminary understanding of the phenomenon based on the Tuckman and Jensen (1997) teamwork model.This data yielded important insights into the initial process of teamwork and swift trust formation. …”
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Virtual teams in Malaysia: A qualitative investigation in Multimedia Super Corridor status companies by Aripin, Norizah, Mustafa, Hasrina, Hussein, Adnan

“…A virtual team works with its members scattered across regions with time and cultural differences.These factors pose a challenge to team members in creating and developing a dynamic and productive team.Thus, the aim of this study is to understand virtual teams and its working environment in MSC status organizations.The study uses qualitative method that is indepth interview with semi-structured and open ended questions.Interviews involving three staffs (project manager, leader and employee) from three multinational organizations such as Motorola, software development and hardware design.The interviews were recorded,transcribed and analyzed according to the thematic analysis.Study results show that work in virtual teams involving team members scattered or geographically dispersed team, the use of communication technologies and team relationship.In addition, the study also found that factors team culture, time zone differences and language contribute to virtual team working environment.…”
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An exploratory sequential sentiment analysis of online learning during the movement control order in Malaysia by Abdul Rahman, Noorihan, Ahmad Zukarnain, Zuriani, Mohd Zain, Nor Asma, Yusof, Rozianiwati

“…It helps connect online communities regardless of one’s geographical location and time zone. During the COVID-19 outbreak in Malaysia, the use of online learning platforms has become a crucial option for accomplishing learning objectives. …”
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Trust and its relationships with knowledge sharing and virtual team effectiveness by Pangil, Faizuniah, Chan, Joon Moi

“…Virtual teams represent one form of organization structure that revolutionize the workplace and provide organizations with unprecedented levels of flexibility and responsiveness.However, implementing virtual teams could be quite challenging especially if it involves different languages, time zones, and communication styles.Most importantly, the autonomy of the virtual environment may cause team members to distort social and contextual information,and with limited proximal communication between team members,it can create a lack of trust among members of the virtual team members which can significantly reduce the effectiveness of these teams.Hence, this paper reports a study conducted to examine the relationship between trust and virtual teams effectiveness, by looking into the mediating effect of knowledge sharing.Results of hierarchical regression analysis indicated that knowledge sharing and all the three types of trust are significantly related to virtual team effectiveness.However, only personality- based trust and institutional-based trust are significantly related to knowledge sharing, but knowledge sharing only partially mediates the relationship between these two types of trust and team effectiveness.…”
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Accept or reject? Predicting ideation outcomes through enterprise social media by Rozaidi, Nik Ahmad, Gibbs, Jennifer L., Eisenberg, Julia

“…Research on the use of social media for Q&A has shown that certain characteristics and reputation algorithms can help determine the best answers.Less is known about the ideation process and the way it plays out in social media.This paper explores the use of enterprise social media (ESM) for ideation by employees in a large Russian organization distributed across nine time zones.In particular, we explore which characteristics of both ideas and their contributors predict whether ideas get accepted or rejected.Our analysis is based on logistic regression analysis of a sample of 488 ideas contributed in an ESM tool used in the organization as well as a content analysis of the types of ideas generated.Our results suggest that rather than being truly democratic and decentralized, ideation in ESM is driven by those in (or proximate to) positions of organizational power.…”
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Using computer mediated communication as a tool to facilitate intercultural collaboration of global virtual teams by Zakaria, Norhayati

“…GVTs are considered as an innovative and flexible work structure to achieve competitiveness in the era of globalization.The emergence of this structure is also due to the heavy reliance on computer-mediated communication technology and, as such, geographical boundaries and time zones are no longer considered as a hindrance to collaboration and communication.Yet, cultural differences remain challenging when team members work together in a non-collocated environment when they are engaged in managerial tasks such as problem-solving, negotiations, decision-making, and coordination. …”