Problem Statement

In the words of Quisenberry (2018), “while increased challenges are prevalent during virtual teaming arrangements, there seems to be evidence supporting that virtual team performance can be improved when team members have higher emotional quotients.” This is particularly the case given that various studies seem to suggest that the most common difficulties virtual teams encounter have got to do with failure by team members to effectively self-manage, share knowledge, and integrate the concerns and perspectives of other team members. The general business problem is that businesses operating in the global arena may have their performance negatively impacted upon by failure by virtual team members to exhibit emotional intelligence in their association with peers. The specific business problem is that there is little research that has been conducted in the past in an attempt to formulate a framework for the further enhancement of emotional intelligence in virtual team settings.

References

Quisenberry, W.L. (2018). Exploring How Emotional Intelligence Contributes to Virtual Teams Interpretive Analysis of a Phenomonological Study. European Scientific Journal, 14(5), 82-96.