Effect of Virtualization Level on Team Effectiveness in Information and Electronic Industries: The Moderating Effect of Task Characteristics

Because of the development of information technology, the types of organization and the nature of management have changed, and boundaries between organizations have disappeared. "Virtual team" is the newest type of work group. However, many managers only care about the advantages of the Internet and information technology, and ignore that the members of virtual teams might doubt and distrust with each other. The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of virtualization level of team and task characteristics on team effectiveness. The samples of this study consisted of 49 enterprises in information and electronic industries. The questionnaires were used to survey and there were 62 complete team samples (including 62 team leaders and 234 team members). The results of this study are as follows: (1) Virtualization level of team has significant influences on the team effectiveness. (2) On the moderating effects of task interdependence, while the higher task interdependence, the higher virtualization level of team, and the lower task performance. (3) On the moderating effects of task uncertainty, while the higher task uncertainty, the higher virtualization level of team, and the higher task performance.