A number of authors have commented that it is very difficult to build and maintain effective working relations in a purely virtual environment. Having studied virtual teams in

The underlying idea of setting up a virtual team is to bring together a group of people who can work interdependently and share the same purpose across time,

Virtual presence refers to the perceptions of how available and present a leader of a virtual team is, even though they might not physically be present. Members of

I am often asked the question - are virtual teams more effective than face to face (co-located) teams? It is a very important question and I believe that the answer with