Self-leadership and Trust and the Results of Virtual Teamwork
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https://doi.org/10.15678/ZNUEK.2021.0991.0106Keywords:
self-leadership, trust, outcomes, virtual teamAbstract
Objective: The aims of the study are to identify self-leadership skills, guage students’ level of trust and determine the relationship between these constructs and the results of virtual teamwork.
Research Design & Methods: For a comparative analysis, questionnaire research was conducted among 1,121 students from Poland and 979 from Romania, with three measurement scales used: team performance, trust and self-leadership.
Findings: Research results show that both self-leadership skills and trust have a positive effect on the performance of students’ virtual teams.
Implications / Recommendations: The results can be used to improve curricula and thus better prepare students for effective teamwork in a virtual environment after graduation.
Contribution: The research contributes to the subject literature by empirically confirming the influence of self-management skills and the level of trust on the results of a virtual team.
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