TELEWORK AND VIRTUAL TEAM
CLEARINGHOUSE
It is difficult to find recent and contemporary statistics and organizations related to virtual teams, telecommuting, distributed teams, globally distributed teams, telecommuters, teleworkers, virtual offices and mobile work all in one place at one time. While the idea of virtual work is constantly evolving it can be frustrating trying to find recent research as much of the information you find is dated.
To help on this page we have culled a collection of sites, organizations, research, webinars, and training all from the last few years to help you with your quest to learn more. Bookmark this page and come back as we will be updating it frequently with current information.
TELEWORK ORGANIZATIONS
World at Work (worldatwork.org) is a Human Resources support organization that strongly supports telework; they have a telework advisory group that maintains a separate website http://www.workingfromanywhere.org that publishes studies and reports about telework.
The Telework Research Network is a consulting and research organization that specializes in making the business case for workplace flexibility. Their Telework Savings Calculator™ has been used by hundreds of company and community leaders in the US, Canada, and the UK to quantify the economic, environmental, and societal potential of telecommuting and other flexible work options.
Using the latest Census data, and assumptions from dozens of government and private sector sources, TRN has developed models to quantify the economic, environmental, and societal potential on telecommuting for every, city, county, and state in the U.S and for the UK and Canada.
The Telework Coalition (TelCoa) has a mission to bring together a diverse array of organizations, companies, and individuals with the common interest of promoting awareness and adoption of existing and emerging Telework and Telecommuting applications including telemedicine and distance learning.
Telework Exchange is a public-private partnership focused on demonstrating the tangible value of telework and serving the emerging educational and communication requirements of the Federal teleworker community. The organization facilitates communication among Federal teleworkers, telework managers, and IT professionals.
Telework.Gov is the official website of the United States' Federal Government's telework program. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the General Services Administration (GSA) have established this interagency website to provide easy access to information about telework in the Federal Government.
The Canadian Telework Association A non-profit association that promotes telework in Canada. Their website contains links to a wide range of articles on all things related to telework.
The Euro-Telework Project Euro-Telework has been supported by the European Commission, DG Employment and Social Affairs, under the European Social Fund.
RESEARCH
The Challenges of Working in Virtual Teams
Virtual Teams Survey Report - 2012
RW3 CultureWizard
RW3CultureWizard sent out 45,000 survey invitations to clients, colleagues, and others engaged in global business activity. They received 3,301 completed surveys, which represent an 8% response rate. That kind of response to a survey of this sort is outstanding and indicates the importance of its subject. This report is a summary and analysis of the survey findings. (MAR 2012)
The State of Telework in the U.S.
How Individuals, Business, and Government Benefit
Kate Lister & Tom Harnish (JUN 2011)
Distributed Team Collaboration in Organizations: Emerging Tools and Practices
Kathy L. Milhauser
George Fox University, USA (APR 2011)
Developing Real Skills for Virtual Teams
Meena Dorr Director, Corporate Relations MBA@UNC
Kip Kelly Director, Marketing & Business Development UNC
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School: Executive Development Program (2011)
The Telecommunications and Travel Behavior Research Program is under the aegis of the Institute of Transportation Studies, an autonomous, interdisciplinary research institute affiliated with the University of California at Davis. The Travel Behavior Research Program analyzes the transportation-related impacts of advanced information and communication technologies. Transportation-related impacts embrace a wide range of issues, including implications for land use and the environment. (2011)
Virtual Team Collaboration: A Review of Literature and Perspectives
Myriam Karoui & Ali Gürkan & Aurélie Dudezert
Knowledge Management Research Group
Published in: Proceedings of the Sixteenth Americas Conference on Information Systems
Lima, Peru (AUG 2010)
WORK UNCHAINED: Workshifting and the Competitive Edge of The Anywhere Office®
Phil Montero & Jason Montero
www.YouCanWorkFromAnywhere.com
Business as usual no longer involves working in a traditional workplace at set hours. Today's workforce is more mobile than ever, and every day more people are working from virtual offices, client sites, home offices, coffee shops, airports, hotels, and any number of remote workplaces. Companies that take an ad-hoc approach to this work-style struggle, while those with a strategic, planned approach reap the benefit and flexibility of distributed work. This free special report will teach you how small adjustments to your strategies and tools can give you a competitive advantage! (APR 2010)
Managing a Remote Workforce: Proven Practices from Successful Leaders
Jim Ware, Founder - Future of Work
Distributed work programs are one of the most effective ways of achieving badly-needed operational savings. To be effective, however, you need to know which practices and tools are most effective for managing remote staff.
This new white paper addresses three fundamental management questions, explores key challenges of managing remote workers and provides best practices for setting up a successful remote work program. Published by Citrix and the Work Design Collaborative (2010)
Leaders and followers in multi-cultural teams: their effects on team communication, team identity and team effectiveness
Alon LisakTechnion & Miriam ErezTechnion
Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Published in: IWIC '09 International Workshop on Intercultural collaboration New York, NY (2009)
Managing Virtual Teams Taking a Mores Strategic Approach
The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited
Economist Intelligence Unit conducted a survey of European businesses to assess the extent to which they use virtual teams—and how these teams are recruited and managed. (2009)
Leadership Effectiveness within Virtual Teams: Investigating Mediating and Moderating Mechanisms
Jury, Alister William
The University of Queensland (PhD Thesis)
The thesis demonstrates to leaders the importance of three central mediators in developing follower job performance and satisfaction. Theoretical implications in reference to leadership research in organisations and practical implications for facilitating virtual team effectiveness are discussed. (JUL 2008)
Research Brief: Bus, Bike, car and Now Web The Changing Face of Commuting
Citrix Online and the polling company™ recently joined forces to conduct a survey on the subject of Web commuting. Download the research brief to review the study's full findings. (JAN 2008)
EDUCATION
PhD.org's Online School Directory
The Education Index is the only college database of its kind on the web. Using consistent, updated data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the index allows students to search for and rank college programs in the U.S. using special filters. There are over 1,650 schools around the US offering online programs. These schools are located in all 50 states, with California and Texas having the greatest concentration of accredited online schools. (FEB 2013)
CASE STUDIES
Trusting your Employee’s: The Case of Best Buy’s ROWE Program May 15, 2011
Virtual And Multicultural Teams of IBM Nov 30, 2009
NEWS FEEDS
WEBINARS/TELESEMINARS
Here are some recent FREE webinars and teleseminars about Virtual Teams, Remote Work, And Globally Distributed Multicultural Teams.
Work Unchained: The Competitive Edge of the Anywhere Office
(A Citrix/Ziff Davis Business On Demand Webinar)
To say that today's mobile workforce is growing is a bit of an understatement. It’s exploding. And taking an ad-hoc approach to enabling workforce mobility – often called workshifting – won’t deliver the benefits of a well-planned mobile workforce strategy.
Watch this FREE on-demand interactive Webinar with Phil Montero, founder of YouCanWorkFromAnywhere.com and TheAnywhereOffice.com, to learn how to evaluate your own organization's workflow to strategically turn your ordinary office into The Anywhere Office®.
You will learn:
- Why workshifting provides a critical competitive edge
- Common mistakes to avoid when enabling a mobile workforce
- Best practices for evaluating your organization before implementing a workshifting strategy
- And more…
Speaker: Phil Montero
Date: 2011
Duration: Approximately 1 hour
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Elliott Masie on Working with Distributed Virtual Teams
TrainingIndustry.com webinar, presented on the Adobe Connect platform, as industry guru Elliott Masie presents a provocative program with practical tips for effectively working with distributed, virtual teams.
Speaker: Elliot Masie
Date: April 19, 2011
Duration: 1 hour
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3 Secrets to Turning Your Office into The Anywhere Office
(A Cisco/Webex On Demand Webinar)
Business as usual no longer involves working in a centralized office at set times. Whether you're a freelancer, entrepreneur, telecommuter or remote worker, modern workflow is far more dynamic and individual. There are smart ways to work without an office.
Phil Montero, the founder of YouCanWorkFromAnywhere.com and recognized expert in cloud computing and mobile work, has created a blueprint for "virtual work" that he calls The Anywhere Office. In this webinar, Phil shares three secrets to mobilize your workstyle and make your business and projects more flexible. These simple steps will allow you to work wherever and whenever you want.
Phil will show you how to:
- Make your work location independent
- Improve communication and keep people connected
- Manage a virtual team, distributed project group, or ebusiness across time and distance
Speaker: Phil Montero
Date: 2011
Duration: 1 hour
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TMA World Webinar Leading Successful Virtual Teams
(A TMA World e-Class Webinar)
In today’s increasingly ’virtual’ working environment, more than ever managers are called upon to lead teams whose members are separated by distance, time zones and cultures. Success depends on it.
But leading virtually requires a new and different set of skills from leading a co-located team. How can we build ’virtual’ trust, ensure smooth communication, clarity of purpose and ultimately optimal performance from a multicultural team operating in a virtual environment?
This webinar addresses the following issues:
• Recognise the unique challenges of leading in a virtual environment
• Define a framework of six competency zones for generating high performance on global virtual teams
• Understand the menu of leadership styles required by virtual leaders
• TMA World strategies for successful remote leadership
Speaker: Steven Pritchard
Date: Oct 05, 2010
Duration: 15 Minutes
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'The Secrets of Managing a Virtual Localization Team'
Tim Wernicke, Director of Testing & Applications at Wilcox Associates, guided through the ins and outs of managing team members effectively from all corners of the globe without becoming a bottleneck or losing control. With years of hands-on experience managing Wilcox's globally dispersed localization team, Tim shared first-hand insights and actionable advice for structuring and leading a highly efficient and productive virtual team.
Speaker: Tim Wernicke
Date: June 9, 2010
Duration: Approximately 1 hour
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'Telecommuting in the 21st Century: How to Implement or Improve
Virtual Teams and Flexible Work in Your Organization'
It's no surprise that given the hassles of air travel, rising fuel prices, and today's economy that telecommuting is becoming even more attractive as a win/win situation for many organizations. While in no way a new practice – many companies are looking for tips and best practices for how to implement or improve telecommuting in their organization. So we are here to help!
In this 13 part audio series our panel of experts will tell you how to implement or improve virtual teams and flexible work in your organization.
These audios comprise over an hour of informative content and will provide you with all the information you need to help you evaluate if telecommuting is a good fit for your business and how to get started or improve your virtual team work.
Speakers: Jeff Zbar, Rachel Hastings, Phil Montero
Date: September 2009
Duration: Approximately 1 hour
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