Reward interdependence: The effect on decision making process in virtual teams
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Lian, Lu; Hongyu, Ma; Xing, He
- Source
- 2009 ISECS International Colloquium on Computing, Communication, Control, and Management Computing, Communication, Control, and Management, 2009. CCCM 2009. ISECS International Colloquium on. 3:452-456 Aug, 2009
- Subject
- Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Computing and Processing
General Topics for Engineers
Engineering Profession
Decision making
Virtual groups
Educational institutions
Psychology
Data analysis
Communication system control
Helium
Internet
Remuneration
Time measurement
reward interdependence
virtual team
performance
decision making process
- Language
- ISSN
- 2154-9613
2154-963X
This study investigated the effect of reward interdependence on performance and decision making process in virtual teams. 30 tams participated in a simulated task based on internet. The level of reward interdependence was manipulating the percentage of team performance and individual performance in the calculation method of salary. The results showed that the performance was highest in the group with low level of reward interdependence, whose decision making was of adventure and strategy that were essential to the task implementing.