Exploring Virtuality Within and Beyond Organizations

Mike Chiasson, Lancaster University, UK Katherine M. Chudoba, Utah State University, USA Keith Dixon, University of Bath, UK Paul Dunning-Lewis, Lancaster University, UK Jeremy Hunsinger, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Maria Katsorchi-Hayes, Lancaster University, UK Susanne Kinzler, Hochschule Aalen, Germany Julia Kotlarsky, Warwick Business School, UK Dr David Kreps, Salford Business School, UK Ilan Oshri, Rotterdam School of Management Erasmus, The Netherlands Niki Panteli, University of Bath, UK Patchareeporn Pluempavarn, University of Bath, UK Angelilki Poulymenakou, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece Ann McCready, Caledonian Business School, UK Julian Newman, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK Anthony Papargyris, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece Christin Schmidt, Hochschule fur Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes (HTW), Germany Bryan Temple, School of Engineering& Computing, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK Mary Beth Watson-Manheim, Center for Research in Information Management, UK Velvet Weems-Landingham, Kent State University, UK Leslie Willcocks, London School of Economics, UK Lin Yan, University of Wales Lampeter, UK

In recent years, there has been much interest in the 'virtual' –teams, organizations and communities –in management research and practice. As technology and social practices change we have more opportunity to experience different forms of virtuality, and in the process our understanding and conception of virtuality changes.In recent years, there has been much interest in the 'virtual' –teams, organizations and communities –in management research and practice. As technology and social practices change we have more opportunity to experience different forms of virtuality, and in the process our understanding and conception of virtuality changes.