Exploring Virtuality Within and Beyond Organizations

NIKI PANTELI is a Senior Lecturer in Information Systems and Director for the Centre for Information Management at the University of Bath, UK and the Chair of the IFIP W.G. 9.5 'Virtuality& Society'.  MIKE CHIASSON is currently a Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University's Management School, in the Department of Management Science.  Before joining Lancaster University, he was an Associate Professor in the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary from 1999 to 2006, and he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Health Promotion Research at the University of British Columbia from 1996 to 1999.

• Rethinking Virtuality: N.Panteli& M.ChiassonPART I: VIRTUALITY WITHIN ORGANIZATIONSSocialization in a Global Context: Lessons from Dispersed Teams; I.Oshri, J.Kotlarsky& L.Willcocks Shared Communication Practices and Mental Models in the Virtual Work Environment; K.M.Chudoba& M.Watson-ManheimBuilding Virtual Cooperation: Guidelines for Effective Performance; V.Weems-LandinghamVirtuality in Organizational Team Environments: Concept, Measurement and Effects in the Context of Sustainable Management; C.Schmidt, B.K.Temple, A.McCready, J.Newman& S.C.Kinzler Regulated and Emergent Identifications in Virtual Organization; L.YanReconciling Visions and Realities of Virtual Working: Findings from the UK Chemicals Industry; P.Dunning Lewis & M.Katsorchi-HayesVirtuality of Teams: Extending Boundaries and Discontinuities; K.Dixon& N.PanteliPART II: VIRTUALITY BEYOND ORGANIZATIONSBuilding Social Identity through Blogging; P.Pluempavarn& N.PanteliPlaying Together in Cyberspace: Collective Action and Shared Meaning Constitution in Virtual Worlds; A.Papargyris & A.PoulymenakouLuminal Possibilities for the Study of Virtual Systems, Global Effects and Local Practices; M.ChiassonVirtuality: Time, Space, Consciousness and a Second Life; D.KrepsTheVirtual and Virtuality:Toward Dialogues of Transdisciplinarity; J.HunsingerIs Everything Virtuality? Exploring the Boundaries of the Topics; M.Chiasson& N.Panteli