Challenges of Leadership in Virtual Teams

Technological innovations in information and communication have changed all 
aspects of our lives at a rapid pace. These changes provide an opportunity for
organizations to employ talent from all over the world in work teams. Globalization
has led to more complex and dynamic jobs and forced managers to lead
organizations that consist of geographically dispersed business operations. Virtual
teams are groups of geographically and/or organizationally dispersed coworkers
that are assembled using a combination of telecommunications and information
technologies to accomplish an organizational task. Leadership in virtual teams,
generally referred to as e-leadership, has recently received a great deal of attention.
E-leaders usually face several challenges that requires certain new skills in leading
virtual teams when compared to conventional teams.