An Exploratory Study of Trust Dynamics in Work-Oriented Virtual Teams

作者：Kuo Feng yang^*; Yu Chia ping

来源：Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 2009, 14(4): 823-854.

DOI：10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01472.x

• work-oriented virtual teams
• trust development

This study explores trust development and maintenance in temporary, work-oriented virtual teams, and examines the effect of trust on communication and cohesiveness. Results suggest that for work-oriented virtual teams formed on a temporary basis, members swiftly develop calculus-based trust in order to assess the outcomes and costs of maintaining team relationships. Members also rely on prior knowledge to determine other members' competence so that they can make predictions about one another's behaviors. Thus, both calculus-based and knowledge-based trust play accentuating roles in the initial development of work-oriented virtual teams. Identification-based trust also develops swiftly initially, but is relatively insignificant compared to the other two types of trust. Finally, initial trust may correlate to both later communication and later cohesiveness.

• 出版日期2009-7
• 单位中山大学