Virtual teams are here to stay: how personality traits, virtuality and leader gender impact trust in the leader and team commitment

Flavián, Carlos (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Guinalíu, Miguel (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Jordán, Pau

Resumen: Teleworking has, today, become a necessity for many organizations, so effective virtual team management is critical. This study analyzes the influence of the personality traits of virtual team workers on team efficiency. To do so we examine the effects of subordinates’ personalities on the trust they give the virtual team leader and the impact of this trust on commitment to the team. We also discuss how the team's degree of virtuality and the leader’s gender influence the relationship between personality and trust. The findings showed that extroversion has a positive effect on trust felt in the leader, and that this trust has a positive effect on commitment felt toward the team. On the other hand, it was observed that neuroticism had a more negative effect on trust in more virtual environments. The leader’s gender had no significant effect. The study offers advice for virtual team management and discusses its limitations and future research directions.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1016/j.iedeen.2021.100193

Año: 2022

Publicado en: European research on management and business economics. 28, 2 (2022), 100193 [11 pp.]
ISSN: 2444-8834

Factor impacto JCR: 5.8 (2022)

Categ. JCR: ECONOMICS rank: 48 / 380 = 0.126 (2022) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: MANAGEMENT rank: 79 / 227 = 0.348 (2022) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: BUSINESS rank: 59 / 154 = 0.383 (2022) - Q2 - T2

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 9.8 - Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Q1) - Business, Management and Accounting (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.095 - Business and International Management (Q1) - Strategy and Management (Q1) - Economics and Econometrics (Q1) - Marketing (Q2)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FSE/S20-20R METODO Research Group
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCIU/PID2019-105468RB-I00

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Comerci.Investig.Mercados (Dpto. Direc.Mark.Inves.Mercad.)