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Stay Committed - On the Role of Organizational Commitment for Virtual Collaboration in SMEs

Authors:
Juni Mohos
Anna Zeuge
Caroline Ressing
Bjoern Niehaves
Petra Moog

Keywords: virtual colloboration; organisational commitment; SMEs; qualitative research.

Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic intensified virtual collaboration, which is equally crucial and challenging for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Our paper investigates the role organizational commitment plays for virtual collaboration and identifies how organizational commitment can be sustained in virtual collaboration in the unique context of SMEs. Participants in the research included 15 members of virtual teams within SMEs, employed in knowledge work. We found that organizational commitment is of great importance in virtual collaboration in SMEs. Our findings suggest that organizational commitment is only established in physical collaboration, but it can be maintained in virtual collaboration. Our initial findings serve as a starting point for further research on organizational commitment in virtual collaboration. Implications for practitioners as well as the research community are discussed.

Pages: 1 to 7

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2023

Publication date: March 13, 2023

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4227

ISBN: 978-1-68558-063-6

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from March 13, 2023 to March 17, 2023