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Publication Date: 2023-Mar
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Telecommuters Working Remotely in Interdependent Virtual Teams: The Lines between Work and Home
Damien Che Michaud; Simone C. O. Conceição
New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, v35 n1 p32-45 2023
The lack of understanding about the process by which individuals subjectively experience remote work in virtual teams led to a phenomenological study drawing data from 10 interviews with telecommuters, who worked remotely more than 80% of the time. Using in-depth, semi-structured interviews, study findings contribute to the literature on Virtual Human Resource Development (VHRD) with five aspects of working remotely in virtual teams: (1) Telecommuters perceive time as an elastic, boundless aspect of how they work; (2) Telecommuters perceive increased effectiveness as a result of their work arrangements; (3) Individual initiative mediates the challenges of the social and emotional experience of telecommuting; (4) The social and emotional experience of telecommuting in virtual teams is impacted by the perception of others; and (5) The emotional experience of presence is enhanced by informal interactions. The article concludes with implications for VHRD scholars and practitioners in the post-COVID-19 workplace.
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