Knowledge Communication in Global Organisations

1 Introduction

DOI: 10.4324/9781003015925-1

Chapter Contents

Three tendencies in the current organisational architecture

Research aims evolving through iterations between theory and practice

A note on terminology: ‘Identity Configuration’ and ‘Identity Prototype’

Brief introduction to the three Identity Prototypes

Structure of the book

References

Virtual work environments allow organizations to build cross-boundary teams consisting of members located in different countries and allow employees to work out of the office to be closer to clients who are not located near the head office. A survey cited by Gilson et al. (2015) found that approximately 66% of multinational organisations used virtual teams in 2015. Only three years later, Gupta ...