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Virtual Designs Limited (1)
Assume you have just been hired to work at Virtual Designs Limited, a global software company that develops customized software for clients and has offices around the world. One thing that Virtual Designs Limited prides itself on is that most of the software development team members telecommute and are not required to work out of a specific office. This means that all work takes place in the form of virtual teams with little to no face-to-face interaction.

You currently are working as a software developer on a project with six other team members that are distributed across the United States. Your teammates are based in Atlanta, Chicago, Omaha, New York, Austin, and Los Angeles. You have a weekly conference call and communicate regularly using tools such as email and a team intranet; however, you have never met in person. Within the team, there is no assigned leader. You work together to coordinate work and to ensure that the work is being completed. The entire team is held accountable for the success or failure of the project.

You have extensive software development experience, but you are the most recent hire to Virtual Designs Limited and have little experience in your role. The rest of the team is quite experienced with this firm, with every other team member having at least five years of experience with the firm. While this is the first time that these team members have worked together before, it is your very first project at Virtual Designs Limited.

Six weeks into the project, you are noticing that this project seems to be moving quickly. One of the team members, Jordan, is pushing this project along as quickly as possible. Although there is no team leader, Jordan is a very important person on this team because of the technical knowledge and extensive experience this team member has with the client. You know that Jordan’s knowledge would be difficult to replace on the team. It would take several weeks or even months to replace Jordan’s level of knowledge and skills. Jordan has made comments in weekly phone calls like “As soon as this project is over, I’m going to get a promotion” or “The sooner this project is done, the sooner I can move on to a better project.”

You are concerned because Jordan seems to be pushing the project along too quickly. Policies and procedures required at Virtual Designs are not being followed because of the quick pace. You also have questions that you want to ask that may help you better complete your tasks within the team so the project is more likely to be considered a success by both Virtual Designs and the client.
 
 
Virtual Designs Limited (2)
Assume you have just been hired to work at Virtual Designs Limited, a global software company that develops customized software for clients and has offices around the world. One thing that Virtual Designs Limited prides itself on is that most of the software development team members telecommute and are not required to work out of a specific office. This means that all work takes place in the form of virtual teams with little to no face-to-face interaction.

You currently are working as a software developer on a project with six other team members that are distributed across the United States. Your teammates are based in Atlanta, Chicago, Omaha, New York, Austin, and Los Angeles. You have a weekly conference call and communicate regularly using tools such as email and a team intranet; however, you have never met in person. Within the team, there is no assigned leader. You work together to coordinate work and to ensure that the work is being completed. The entire team is held accountable for the success or failure of the project.

You have extensive software development experience; you have worked with Virtual Designs Limited for six years and have extensive experience in your role. The rest of the team also has a similar level of experience with this firm and in their role, in that every other team member having at least five years of experience with the firm. This is the first time that these team members have worked together before.

Six weeks into the project, you are noticing that this project seems to be moving quickly. One of the team members, Jordan, is pushing this project along as quickly as possible. Although there is no team leader, Jordan is a very important person on this team because of the technical knowledge and extensive experience this team member has with the client. You know that Jordan’s knowledge would be difficult to replace on the team. It would take several weeks or even months to replace Jordan’s level of knowledge and skills. Jordan has made comments in weekly phone calls like “As soon as this project is over, I’m going to get a promotion” or “The sooner this project is done, the sooner I can move on to a better project.”

You are concerned because Jordan seems to be pushing the project along too quickly. Policies and procedures required at Virtual Designs are not being followed because of the quick pace. You also have questions that you want to ask that may help you better complete your tasks within the team so the project is more likely to be considered a success by both Virtual Designs and the client.
 
 
Virtual Designs Limited (3)
Assume you have just been hired to work at Virtual Designs Limited, a global software company that develops customized software for clients and has offices around the world. One thing that Virtual Designs Limited prides itself on is that most of the software development team members telecommute and are not required to work out of a specific office. This means that all work takes place in the form of virtual teams with little to no face-to-face interaction.

You currently are working as a software developer on a project with six other team members that are distributed across the United States. Your teammates are based in Atlanta, Chicago, Omaha, New York, Austin, and Los Angeles. You have a weekly conference call and communicate regularly using tools such as email and a team intranet; however, you have never met in person. Within the team, there is no assigned leader. You work together to coordinate work and to ensure that the work is being completed. The entire team is held accountable for the success or failure of the project.

You have extensive software development experience, but you are the most recent hire to Virtual Designs Limited and have little experience in your role. The rest of the team is quite experienced with this firm, with every other team member having at least five years of experience with the firm. While this is the first time that these team members have worked together before, it is your very first project at Virtual Designs Limited.

Six weeks into the project, you are noticing that this project seems to be moving quickly. One of the team members, Jordan, is pushing this project along as quickly as possible. There is no team leader and Jordan’s technical knowledge and experience with the client is similar to the experience and knowledge of other team members. You know that Jordan’s knowledge would be easy to replace on the team, and it would only take a day or two to replace Jordan’s knowledge and expertise. Jordan has made comments in weekly phone calls like “As soon as this project is over, I’m going to get a promotion” or “The sooner this project is done, the sooner I can move on to a better project.”

You are concerned because Jordan seems to be pushing the project along too quickly. Policies and procedures required at Virtual Designs are not being followed because of the quick pace. You also have questions that you want to ask that may help you better complete your tasks within the team so the project is more likely to be considered a success by both Virtual Designs and the client.
 
 
Virtual Designs Limited (4)
Assume you have just been hired to work at Virtual Designs Limited, a global software company that develops customized software for clients and has offices around the world. One thing that Virtual Designs Limited prides itself on is that most of the software development team members telecommute and are not required to work out of a specific office. This means that all work takes place in the form of virtual teams with little to no face-to-face interaction.

You currently are working as a software developer on a project with six other team members that are distributed across the United States. Your teammates are based in Atlanta, Chicago, Omaha, New York, Austin, and Los Angeles. You have a weekly conference call and communicate regularly using tools such as email and a team intranet; however, you have never met in person. Within the team, there is no assigned leader. You work together to coordinate work and to ensure that the work is being completed. The entire team is held accountable for the success or failure of the project.

You have extensive software development experience; you have worked with Virtual Designs Limited for six years and have extensive experience in your role. The rest of the team also has a similar level of experience with this firm and in their role, in that every other team member having at least five years of experience with the firm. This is the first time that these team members have worked together before.

Six weeks into the project, you are noticing that this project seems to be moving quickly. One of the team members, Jordan, is pushing this project along as quickly as possible. There is no team leader and Jordan’s technical knowledge and experience with the client is similar to the experience and knowledge of other team members. You know that Jordan’s knowledge would be easy to replace on the team, and it would only take a day or two to replace Jordan’s knowledge and expertise. Jordan has made comments in weekly phone calls like “As soon as this project is over, I’m going to get a promotion” or “The sooner this project is done, the sooner I can move on to a better project.”

You are concerned because Jordan seems to be pushing the project along too quickly. Policies and procedures required at Virtual Designs are not being followed because of the quick pace. You also have questions that you want to ask that may help you better complete your tasks within the team so the project is more likely to be considered a success by both Virtual Designs and the client.
 
Instructions: Please answer the following questions based on what you read in the above scenario.
Strongly Disagree 2 3 4 5 6 Strongly Agree
* It would be easy to replace Jordan on the team.
* I believe the degree of harm that could result from Jordan’s actions is high.
* I have less experience with the firm than others on the team.
* In the end, I don’t believe that Jordan’s attitude and actions affects the team.
* My experience with the Virtual Designs Limited is consistent with the rest of the team.
* Jordan is not that important on this team.
* Other team members have worked longer at Virtual Designs Limited than me.
* I believe that the success of the team could be jeopardized due to Jordan’s actions.
* Jordan’s experience and knowledge is irreplaceable.
 
Instructions: Please answer the following questions based on how you would respond to the above scenario.
Very Unlikely 2 3 4 5 6 Very Likely
* How likely are you to quit the company as a result of the issues within your team?
* If you were to quit the company, how likely is it that you would suffer negative consequences?
* Assuming you could, how likely are you to transfer to a different team due to the issues occurring within your team?
* If you were to transfer to another team, how likely is it that you would suffer negative consequences?
* How likely are you to go directly to Jordan yourself to discuss the problems within the team?
* If you went directly to Jordan to discuss the problem, how likely is it that you would suffer negative consequences?
* How likely are you to speak with other team members to encourage the rest of the team to discuss the problem with Jordan?
* If you did speak with other team members to encourage the rest of the team to discuss the problem with Jordan, how likely is it that you would suffer negative consequences?
 
 
Very Unlikely 2 3 4 5 6 Very Likely
* How likely are you to go directly to another team member to find out if they are experiencing problems with Jordan?
* If you went to another team member to find out if they are also experiencing problem with Jordan, how likely is it that you would suffer negative consequences?
* If you are still reading please select Very Unlikely
* How likely are to you wait patiently and hope Jordan’s actions that affect the team will be resolved on its own?
 
 
Very Unlikely 2 3 4 5 6 Very Likely
* If you were to wait patiently and hope Jordan’s actions that affect the team will be resolved on its own, how likely is it that you would suffer negative consequences?
* How likely are you to go about quietly doing your job and letting others figure out how to deal with Jordan?
* If you are going to go about quietly doing your job and letting others figure out how to deal with Jordan, how likely is it that you would suffer negative consequences?
* How likely are call in sick to team meetings to avoid dealing with what is happening on the team?
* If you were to call in sick to team meetings to avoid dealing with what is happening on the team, how likely is it that you would suffer negative consequences?
* How likely are to you become less interested in being on the team and begin to make more errors?
* If you become less interested in being on the team and begin to make more errors, how likely is it that you would suffer negative consequences?
 
Instructions: Please answer the following questions based on how you would respond to the above scenario.
Strongly Disagree 2 3 4 5 6 Strongly Agree
* I believe it is my personal duty to help the team by doing something about Jordan’s attitude.
* I believe that something should be done to let Jordan know that his actions are negatively impacting the project.
* I believe that I have a personal responsibility to ensure that something is done about Jordan’s actions so the team can be successful.
* I don’t believe that it really matters whether or not anyone shares with Jordan that his actions are causing the project to suffer.
* Even if it is not me, I believe someone should tell Jordan about the problems he is causing.
* I believe it is not my responsibility to do anything about Jordan’s actions.
 
 
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Demographic questions: Following are several questions about you, your background, and the place where you work. These questions are important because they help us to see if different types of people respond to the questions on this questionnaire in different ways. These questions are NOT used to identify any individual.
 
 
* How old are you?
 
 
* What is your gender?
 
 
* What is your country of citizenship / passport?
 
United States
 
Other
 
 
 
* How many years of full-time work experience have you had?
 
 
* How many years of formal education do you have?
 
 
If you have an educational major or area of specialization, what is it?
   
 
 
No virtual team experience 2 3 4 5 6 Extensive virtual team experience
* What is your experience working in a virtual team in which team members were not collocated and most work and team interactions were not completed face-to-face?
 
 
No situations like the scenario 2 3 4 5 6 Identical experience to the scenario
* To what extent have you had a situation similar to the one presented in the scenario
 
 
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