PSY 005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Social Loafing, Group Dynamics, Psy

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Psychology (PSY)
• Course: PSY 005
• Professor: Fulmer

Document Summary

Teams consisting of people who may be dispersed widely across the globe are a relatively recent (and rapidly growing) part of the business world. Recent estimates indicate that a majority of professional workers today spend time working in virtual teams. Virtual teams, sometimes also called dispersed teams, are groups of people who work interdependently with shared purpose across space, time, and organization boundaries using technology to communicate and collaborate. Due to globalization and a variety of related factors, virtual teams will be increasingly important in businesses and organizations. Most of the factors that contribute to process loss in groups apply as well to virtual groups, but virtual groups may be especially vulnerable to some of. Diversity groups around the world, whether in schools, organizations, businesses, sports, arts, or governments, are becoming increasingly diverse, most obviously in terms of sex, race, ethnicity, and cultural background.