Exploring employees’beliefs regarding the potentialbenefits of virtual worlds for group cohesion:gather town
As a consequence of advances in Information and Communication Technologies,teleworking is becoming more and more common in organizations. These new ways ofworking create new challenges for companies such as team cohesion despite working indifferent locations. This article aims to analyze the effect...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Repositorio: | idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:idus.us.es:11441/148378 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/148378 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-022-14308-7 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Telework Team cohesion Virtual worlds Gather town Focus group |
| Sumario: | As a consequence of advances in Information and Communication Technologies,teleworking is becoming more and more common in organizations. These new ways ofworking create new challenges for companies such as team cohesion despite working indifferent locations. This article aims to analyze the effect of the use of so-called“virtualworlds”on the group cohesion of employees in organizations. The focus group method-ology has made it possible to gather the beliefs and opinions of company employeesabout the use of these resources and tools. The results obtained show the positive effect ofthe use of virtual worlds on the cohesion of the teleworking team. |
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