Virtuality

Carol Saunders’ Research

Virtual Teams

Rutkowski, A.F, Saunders, C, Vogel, D. and van Genuchtern, M. “Is It Already 4a.m. in Your Time Zone?”: Focus Immersion and Temporal Dissociation in Virtual Teams, Small Group Research, February 2007, Vol 38, No. 1.

Saunders, C.S. and Ahuja, M. “Are All Distributed Teams the Same? Differentiating Between Temporary and Ongoing Distributed Teams,” Small Group Research, December 2006, Vol. 37, No. 6, 662-700.

Saunders, C.S. “Meeting the Real Challenges in Leading Virtual Teams,” Cutter Benchmark Review, July 2006, Vol. 6., No. 7, 5-13.

Van Genuchten, M., Vogel, D., Rutkowski, A., and Saunders, C. “Innovation in Information Systems Education – VI, HKNET: Instilling Realism into Emerging Trends,” Communications of the CAIS, 2005, 15, 357-370. (how to implement global virtual student teams in education)

Saunders, C.S., Van Slyke, C. and Vogel, D.”My Time or Yours? Managing Time Visions in Global Virtual Teams,” Academy of Management Executive, 2004, Vol. 18, No. 1, 19-31.

Saunders, C.S. “Virtual Teams: Piecing Together the Puzzle,” in Framing the Domains of IT Management Research: Glimpsing the Future through the Past,” R. Zmud (ed.), Pinnaflex: Cincinnati, OH, 2000, 29-50.

Miranda, S. and Saunders, C.S. “The Social Construction of Meaning: An Alternative Perspective on Information Sharing,” Information Systems Research, 2003, Vol. 14, No. 1, 87-106. (f-t-f vs virtual (GSS) student teams)

Saunders, C. and Miranda, S. "Information Acquisition in Group Decision Making," Information and Management, 1998, Vol. 34, 55-74. (f-t-f vs virtual (GSS) student teams)

Saunders, C., Robey, D.and Vaverek, K. "The Persistence of Status Differentials in Computer Conferencing," Human Communication Research, 20, No.4, 1994, 443-472. (distance learning)

Vaverek, K. and Saunders, C." Computerspeak: Message Content and Perceived Appropriateness in an Educational Setting," Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 22, No. 2, 1993-1994, 123-139. (distance learning)

Saunders, C. and Heyl, J. "A Lesson Learned: Evaluating Computer Conferencing", Journal of Systems Management, 39, 1988, 33-37. (distance learning)

Virtual workers: Telecommuting

Pearlson, K. and Saunders, C.S. “There’s No Place Like Home: Managing Telecommuting Paradoxes,” Academy of Management Executive, 2001, Vol. 15, No. 2, 117-128.

Kavan, B. and Saunders, C. "Managers: A Key Ingredient to Alternative Work Arrangements Program Success," Journal of End User Computing, 1998, Vol. 10, No. 4, 23-32.

Virtual workers: Temporary workers

C. Bruce Kavan, Saunders, C.S, and Nelson, R.E. “virutal @virtual.org,” Business Horizons, 1999, September-October, 73-82.

Galup, S., Saunders, C., Nelson, R., and Cerveny, R. “The Use of Temporary Staff and Managers in a Local Government Environment,” Communication Research, 1997, Vol 24, No. 6, 698-730.

Saunders, C.S. “Outsourcing: A View from Those Doing the Work,” in Information Systems Outsourcing: Enduring Themes, Emergent Patterns and Future Directions, R. Hirschheim, A. Heinzl, and J.Dibbern (eds). Springer Verlag: Berlin, 2002, 329-347.