CALL FOR PAPERS: Small Group Research Special Guest Edited Issue on Virtual Teams

Guest Editors

Lisa Handke, Patrícia L. Costa, & Thomas A. O’Neill

Dennis Kivlighan, Co-Editor

Lyn M. van Swol, Co-Editor

Nale Lehmann-Willenbrock, Associate Editor

Bret Bradley, Associate Editor

Bertolt Meyer, Associate Editor

The editorial team of Small Group Research invites authors to submit papers for a Special Issue on Virtual Teams. Ongoing changes of work, the increased ease of mobility, ubiquitous presence of communication technologies, and lastly the Covid-19 pandemic have fueled the possibility and necessity of virtual teamwork. Yet even in the post-pandemic world, organizations and workers alike are still grappling with the reality of collaborative forms of remote and hybrid work. The aim of this Special Issue is to take stock of what we know about virtual teams that will remain true and important, as well as to move forward and examine new perspectives on virtual teamwork in post-pandemic times.

We are interested in interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary submissions that advance the virtual teamwork literature, such as by identifying new challenges, proposing new or adapted theoretical perspectives, and giving directions for future research on virtual teamwork in a hybrid world. Empirical as well as theoretical or review papers are welcomed. Possible topics in this area could be:

virtual/hybrid meetings

virtual team health/well-being

team virtuality measurements

gender/diversity/inclusion issues relating to virtual/hybrid teamwork

virtual/hybrid teamwork KSAOs

hybrid work

technology - team interaction

virtual/hybrid teamwork processes (e.g., communication, coordination)

leading virtual/hybrid teams

work design for virtual/hybrid teams

virtual/hybrid team interventions

training and development for virtual/hybrid teams

HRM and virtual/hybrid work (e.g., virtual interviews)

Full papers should be submitted by April 30, 2023 via the Small Group Research online submission portal at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/sgr. Be sure to select “Virtual Team Special Issue” in the Manuscript Type pull down box. Also indicate that your submission is a submission for the Virtual Teams special issue in your cover letter. In the cover letter, you must include the names and email addresses of 3 to 5 potential reviewers.

Papers should not be over 30 pages. Please see https://journals-sagepub-com-s.web.bisu.edu.cn/author-instructions/SGR for submission guidelines.