The rules of virtual groups: Trust, liking, and performance in computer-mediated communication

By Joseph B. Walther, Ulla K. Bunz. 2005

310 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Communication, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/5409a454bef52572ea1aec5a4b6446cb1558327d

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In Communication

1. Frederike Hibben
2. Guido Hertel
3. Erin M. Bryant
4. Joachim Hüffmeier
5. J. Marmo
6. Christina Breuer

In Social Psychology

1. Frederike Hibben
2. Rikke Lindekilde
3. Guido Hertel
4. Linda S. Henderson
5. Richard W. Stackman
6. Joachim Hüffmeier
7. Christina Breuer

Citations in the corpus

• The centrality of communication norm alignment, role clarity, and trust in global project teams (2016, background): “Similarly, Walther and Bunz (2005) found that having explicit rules for collaboration could enhance trust in virtual groups.”
• The rules of Facebook friendship (2012, background): “…research has examined the presence of interaction rules in 22 different contexts (Argyle, Henderson, & Furnham, 1985), with specific studies focusing on friendship (Argyle & Henderson, 1984), virtual work groups (Walther & Bunz, 2005), and teacher-student relationships (Henderson & Argyle, 1984).”
• Trust in teams: A taxonomy of perceived trustworthiness factors and risk-taking behaviors in face-to-face and virtual teams (2020, background): “…communication (Henttonen and Blomqvist, 2005; Iacono and Weisband, 1997), keeping commitments, and following rules (e.g. Stewart and Gosain, 2006; Walther and Bunz, 2005) can be classified as task-related predictability, while perceived justice (Dayan and Di Benedetto, 2010) and shared values…”