Klaipėdos universitetas

This study investigates the impact of role overload and innovation fatigue on team viability. A quantitative survey of team members who are knowledge workers was conducted, and 207 participants were surveyed. The results show that, while role overload does not directly affect team viability, innovation fatigue has a significant negative impact. Further analysis demonstrates that innovation fatigue mediates the relationship between role overload and team viability. These findings demonstrate that team management strategies should include employees’ innovation fatigue interventions and effectively manage role demands to ensure a successful team’s future. In addition, the study advances the theoretical and practical understanding of the effects of work stressors on team viability, emphasising the importance of addressing demanding work tasks in knowledge-intensive organisational environments.

The article analyses the management of a virtual project team in international companies. It provides a theoretical overview of virtual project team management, and the results of the research are presented. A qualitative study was carried out in which a structured interview was used to interview managers working in international companies who lead virtual project teams. The study involved nine informants, working in Lithuania, the United Kingdom, the United States, Bangladesh, France, Malaysia and Poland. The results of the study revealed the influence of information and communication technologies in managing a virtual project team, how emotional and motivational processes are managed, the importance of trust to a virtual project team, and how team management is improving. To summarise the research, the results provide a virtual project team management model that benefits companies and virtual project team managers who strive for the productive management of these teams.