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Leadership in global virtual teams
Johanna Saarinen 24.9.2015
Bayer in Nordic countries
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8 countries
1,423,000 km2
~ 4 times the size of Germany
Population: 31.9 mill.
12 Bayer sites
1290 employees
Iceland
Norway
Stockholm
Oslo
Gothenburg
Randers
Manufacturing Sites
Research & Development
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• Bayer Nordic Country Group 2014
Finland
Turku
Espoo (Helsinki), HQ
Tallinn
Estonia
Latvia
Denmark
Administration / Marketing
Sweden
Otterup
Lithuania
Malmö
Copenhagen
Riga
Vilnius
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Miten johtaminen muuttuu…
OF
-OUT
Työ
ei ole enää 8-16 samassa paikassa
LACK OF
SIGHT,
ATTENTION
OUT OF - Globaalit tiimit ja etätyö
MIND
- Ihmiset haluavat työltä joustavuutta
COMMITMENT
WORK LIFE
- Ihmisiä johdettava kaukaa
TECHNICAL
PROBLEMS
TRUST
CULTURE AND
LANGUAGE
BALANCE
VIRTUAL
PRESENCE
COMMUNICATIO
N
INFLUEN
CE
WORKPLACE
ISOLATION
Succes factors of a virtual leader
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Self management
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Communications skills
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Building trust
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Motivation
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Commitment
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Cross-cultural understanding
Leadership in global virtual teams: PhD thesis
 Focus on manager’s work in global virtual teams
 Method: Qualitative case study, interviews and participative
observation
 Four essays
 Findings: to cope with various expectations and daily
challenges in virtual work, managers create practices and
procesess for their teams. However, in mostly task-oriented
work, there is not enough time, resources or possibilities for
leadership work: ”is management back”?
Johanna Saarinen
10/15/2015
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Leadership in global virtual teams
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Dynamics of commitment and trust in Global Virtual Teams
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Crossing Thresholds of Influence in Global Virtual Teams
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Management is back! -Cross-cultural encounters in virtual teams
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Managers’ emotions in global virtual teams: Living with inadequacy and
quilt
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10/15/2015
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