Conclusion

There’s a saying that a man who wins a million-dollar lottery is a man with a million dollars, and a man who earns a million dollars is a millionaire. The implication is that riches come from the experience of earning more than from the million-dollar outcome. Virtual teamwork is much the same. Team members share in their lot even though some do more of the heavy lifting and others free ride at times. Performance management keeps the workload balanced to a degree, but life is never fair, and woe to the virtual team member who expects it will be.

Generally people see through free riders in the transparency of a virtual world, but whether they do or not, the true winners in any virtual team project are the ones who gave themselves completely ...

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