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Article: Roles and relationships in virtual environments: a model for adult distance educators extrapolated from leadership in experiences in virtual organizations.
- Article from:
- International Journal on ELearning
- Article date:
- October 1, 2005
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In this paper, Larkin and Gould's (1999) activity theory methodology for defining work-related roles and Burns' (1963) analysis of organismic organizational form are merged into a model that describes associate and leadership roles and relationships in virtual organizations. The effects of a lack of shared physical space and face-to-face social interaction, a continual need for learning and collaboration, and the temporalities that characterize roles and relationships in virtual organizations will be explored. This exploration will focus on the challenges that virtual workspace effects have created for two current leaders of virtual organizations. The acquisition and use ...