The Impact of Interaction Anticipation and Incentive Type on Shared Leadership and Performance in Virtual Teams

This research examines whether expectation of future interaction or team-based incentives can influence shared leadership and performance in virtual teams. The results of an experiment indicate that teams provided with team-based incentives generated higher levels of individual and team performance. Teams anticipating future interaction and incentivized by team-based incentives achieved the highest levels of performance. Our results indicate that anticipation of interaction and team-based incentives are useful methods for motivating shared leadership and achieving increased team performance for virtual teams.