Title
Collaboration in Virtual Worlds: Impact of Task Complexity on Team Trust and Satisfaction
Abstract
AbstractVirtual worlds are three-dimensional, computer-generated worlds in which team collaboration can be facilitated through the use of shared virtual space and mediated using avatars. This article examines the effect of task complexity on team collaboration. A puzzle game in Second Life was used as the collaborative task and task complexity was manipulated by varying the number of pieces in the puzzle. The hypotheses are that task complexity influences team trust, and team trust influences team process satisfaction in virtual team collaboration. The experimental results indicate that task complexity has significant effects on team trust and team process satisfaction, and team trust fully mediates the relationship between task complexity and team process satisfaction.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.4018/JDM.2017100104
Periodicals
Keywords
Field
DocType
Chaos Theory,Complexity Theory,Dyad,Process Satisfaction,Task Complexity,Team Collaboration,Team Satisfaction,Trust,Virtual Teams,Virtual Worlds
Data mining,Metaverse,World Wide Web,Computer science
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
28
4
1063-8016
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
37
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah11719103.11
Shu Z. Schiller2345.92
Brian E. Mennecke324133.79
Keng Siau42614193.10
Brenda Eschenbrenner514812.12
Parichart Sattayanuwat610.69