Abstract
Virtual teamwork is considered as one of the key skills to an employer in the recruitment process because of the globalization of business and technological advancement. The company needs employees skilled in virtual teamwork to run their globalized business process. So, it becomes important for graduates to have good skills, knowledge, and ability of virtual teamwork through their higher education before starting their professional careers. Therefore, this paper is going to evaluate a virtual teamwork model which was proposed for developing an effective virtual teamwork in the context of online higher education so that graduate can achieve a sound knowledge and skills about virtual teamwork. The model is assessed by applying the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) statistical technique to validate the model’s statistical significance. The evaluation of the model shows that the model has a significant positive impact on the effectiveness of virtual teamwork in online higher education. Hence, it is believed that the application of the model would be useful to enhance the knowledge, skills, and ability of future graduates in online higher education, and can foster their early success in their professional career. Also, any company which practiced virtual teamwork in their business process can be benefited from this model for the better management of their virtual teams.
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This work is part of a Doctoral Thesis funded by and conducted at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain).
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Jony, A.I., Serradell-López, E. (2021). An Evaluation of Virtual Teamwork Model in Online Higher Education. In: Visvizi, A., Lytras, M.D., Aljohani, N.R. (eds) Research and Innovation Forum 2020. RIIFORUM 2020. Springer Proceedings in Complexity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62066-0_16
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