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members who are dispersed across different offices, cities, countries, and
locations. A virtual work team's trust, mobility, motivation, and efficiency can
all be improved by leaders who are more innovative and receptive to new
tools. Virtual teams should set meeting guidelines just like any other team.
According to the survey results, connecting with the team for both work-
related and non-work-related issues was one of the biggest problems
employees encountered. Other difficulties include setting up a workspace,
dealing with too many distractions in the home, and dealing with the home's
technological infrastructure.
The survey also revealed that more than 56% of participants talked to their
team about things other than work, such as news, rumours, games, jokes,
and family chit-chat (ranked in order of preferences). Only 55% of the male
team members engaged in non-work-related communication, compared to
63% of the female team members.