Table 2

Summary of Type II literature on VTs employing the IMO theoretical framework (Reviews and Meta-analyses)

StudyTheoryMethod/SampleInputProcess/Emergent state (mediator)OutcomeImportant findings
Klotz et al. (2014) IMOLR of new venture teams (42 empirical articles)Role of affect in NVTs; how team climates emerge and how these climates affect team performance
Yang (2014) IMOLRMembership-based swift trustTeam member exchange – (dis)confirmation, emotions, process-based trustTeam outcomesA framework for understanding the role of (dis)confirmation and subsequent emotions during the process of trust update and of team development
Coultas et al. (2014) IMOLR of 259 articlesBetter measurement of emergent states using an evolved construct or relevant item wordings
Rosen et al. (2015) IMOLR of teamwork literature within healthcareTeam composition, characteristics, contextAction, transition, interpersonal processesEffectiveness, learning outcomesContribution of sensor-based measurement for improving organizational learning in healthcare
Maynard et al. (2015) IMOLR of team adaptation literatureTeam adaptabilityTeam adaptationAdaptive performanceA team's adaptation process is impacted by the type and severity of the disruption or trigger that gives rise to the need for adaptation
Courtright et al. (2015) IMOMeta-analysis on task and outcome interdependence with 262 articlesStructural task and outcome interdependenceTeam functioningTeam performanceTask and outcome inter dependence are conceptually distinct and have differential effects on team performance
Maloney et al. (2016) IMOLR of field research on teams (published 2004–2013) 271 articlesTeam external context as “input”Team external context as “mediator”Team external context as “output”Guidelines to improve contextualization and avenues to explore context theorising in work teams
Dulebohn and Hoch (2017) IMOLRTwo levels of outcomes – first, team level (such as team performance); second, individual outcomes (such as satisfaction, commitment)
Schulze and Krumm (2017) IMOLRTeam member KSAOs; personality traitsTeam mediators such as trustDerive an integrative framework of virtual teamwork to address virtuality-related challenges
Rosen et al. (2018) IMOLR of empirical and narrative reviews in health care (published 2000 and 2017)Team member attributes, team structure, organisational contextInterpersonal processes; affective and cognitive emergent statesTeam member wellbeing; staff retention; financial outcomesImprove teamwork among health care workers to manage workforce challenges
Takács and Juhász (2018) IMO and theory of human performanceConceptual integrative modelTeam adaptation (Trigger)Adaptation (Task execution and team mental models)Standard performance and group efficacyAdaptation (performance and collective efficacy)
Shuffler et al. (2018) IMOLR of articles on TDI (514 articles)Team inputs (such as task analysis, work designs, and team charters)Performance monitoring and assessmentTeam debriefsDistinguishing features that make for an effective TDI
Handke et al. (2021) IMOIConceptual integrative modelTeam virtuality, familiarity, designTeam Process, perceived virtualityTask performance, satisfactionIndividual characteristics converge into a team-level property
Handke et al. (2022) IMOLR of 59 studies published between 1991 and 2020Team input feedbackTeam mediator feedbackTeam output feedbackVirtual teams benefit from performance-related feedback that targets the entire team

Note(s): IMO = Input–mediator–output; IMOI = Input–mediator–output–input; AST = Adaptive Structuration Theory; MST = Media Synchronicity Theory; MIP-G = Motivational information processing in groups theory; SIP= Social information processing theory; LR= Literature Review; NVT = new venture teams; KSAO = appropriate knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics; TDI = team development intervention

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