%0 Journal Article
%T Talking a team into being in online workplace collaborations: The discourse of virtual work
%A Erika Darics
%A Maria Cristina Gatti
%J Discourse Studies
%@ 1461-7080
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1461445619829240
%X Digital communication technologies led to a revolution in how people interact at work: relying on computer-mediated communication technologies is now a must, rather than an alternative. This empirical study investigates how colleagues in a virtual team use synchronous online communication platform in the workplace. Inspired by the conceptualisation of web-based communication platforms as tool, place or context of social construction, we explore the discursive strategies that contribute to the construction of the team¡¯s shared sense of purpose and identity, a collegial atmosphere and consequently lead to effective collaboration. The close analyses of real-life data from a multinational workplace provide insights into the everyday communication practices of virtual team members. Our findings supplement organisational literature based on etic observations of the effectiveness of virtual work and provide a basis for further theorisations about how communication technologies affect the ecology of and discourse practices in computer-mediated communication at work
%K Collaborative team communication
%K computer-mediated communication
%K computer-mediated discourse analysis
%K conversation analysis
%K instant messaging
%K interactional identity processes
%K social constructivism
%K virtual team construction
%K virtual workplace
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1461445619829240