Multicultural globally-dispersed virtual teams (MGVTs) have become an integral part of many global organizations. Geographical dispersion, cultural diversity and dependence on technology to communicate place many challenges to the effective work in MGVTs. In this paper we suggest to integrate...

Building on prior research on distributed teams that has identified physical and temporal distance as impediments to collaboration and relationship development, this paper explores how and why we treat geographically distant others differently from those who are proximal. According to construal...