Virtual Collaboration Evolution

Abstract

This chapter covers the major advances in virtual cooperation driven by current exploratory research and technology. Digital communication tools, social networks, and immersive technologies have transformed how organizations and individuals collaborate. The chapter comprises individual aspects of virtual collaboration, virtual team practices, and organization-enabling aspects. It analyzes communication styles, virtual team dynamics, and the adoption of AI, VR, and blockchain. These technologies bring security and privacy risks and potential for future organizational structures and work practices, which the chapter explores. In a quickly changing digital ecosystem, firms can use virtual collaboration to boost productivity, cut costs, and innovate by anticipating and comprehending these trends and developments.