Logistics Management

Ubiquitous connectivity has become normal in today’s society. However, it is a two-edged sword bringing about positive and also negative side-effects. To be connected is a prerequisite in distributed teams in order to work efficiently and productive, yet there are times when project members suffer from too much or a lack of connectivity to fulfil their tasks. Little is known, though, about changes between the different states of connectivity, i.e. hyper-, hypo-, and requisite connectivity in project teams, and the triggers that cause such changes. By using a case study approach, this ongoing research aims to further investigate changes between different states of connectivity. The preliminary results indicate that influencing factors that lead to a change of the connectivity level could be categorized into the dimensions: personality, private environment, role expectation, project context, knowledge work and society