IOSR-JBM   Volume-11 ~ Issue-2 ~ May-Jun-2013

Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Virtual teams versus face to face teams: A review of literature
Country	:	India
Authors	:	Shikha Gera
	:	10.9790/487X-1120104

Abstract: Today, concept of a team transcends the boundaries of distance, time, organizations and cultures. There has been an increasing emphasis on distributed work teams that operate in a virtual environment in a 24 hour cycle and tap the strength of diversity in terms of skills, experience, knowledge and expertise, all round the globe. Globalization and advances in Information and Communication Technology are a direct cause to it. The trend of distributed teams will not go way and will become the permanent work structures of the organizations. These global teams will profoundly reshape our world. But how effective are these teams compared to face to face teams? What are the differences between virtual teams and traditional teams? The paper extends knowledge on the growing importance of dispersed teams. The paper also builds on a comparison between virtual teams and face to face teams on the basis of certain dimensions such as group style, performance, satisfaction, trust, cohesion and conflict.

Keywords: Face to face teams, collocated teams, dispersed teams, traditional teams, virtual teams

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Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Effect of Spiritual Intelligence and Asta Brata Leadership to the Culture of Tri Hita Karana and Employment Performance
Country	:	Indonesia
Authors	:	Ida Bagus Agung Dharmanegara, Made Sudarma, Noermijati, Solimun
	:	10.9790/487X-1120512

Abstract: Human resources (HR) that talented employees are the foundation of an organization in a competitive advantage. A strong foundation for an organization to improve performance is the main one of which comes from the quality of Employment Performance. Basically Human Resources (HR) refers to people in the organization. Without effective people, it seems impossible for the organization to achieve its objectives. Human resources to make the resources with other organizations to run optimally. Quality employees working in an organization can be influenced by the cultures that are in the organization. Organizational culture is a reflection of the behavior of the employees from the application of values prevailing in the organization. Quality performance can likewise sourced from spiritual intelligence and leadership qualities of being a model of supervision that worked by employees. In this study, used the organizational culture Culture and Leadership Tri Hita Karana Astra Brata as variables tested to determine its effect on Employment Performance through Cultural Tri Hita Karana in Badung Regency Village Credit Institutions of Bali. Results showed that that the Spiritual Intelligence and Astra Brata Leadership have an influence on the culture of Tri Hita Karana, but the The Culture of Tri Hita Karana can not be mediating the effect of Spiritual Intelligence and Astra Brata Leadership. Astra Brata proven leadership directly affects the performance displayed by employees at Village Credit Institutions of Bali Badung regency. Total R2 value of 88.4% indicates that the diversity of data that can be explained by the model is equal to 88.4%. While the remaining 11.6% is explained by other variables (which is not contained in the model) and error.

Keywords: Spiritual Intelligence, Astra Brata Leadership, The Culture of Tri Hita Karana, and Employment Performance.

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Paper Type	:	Research Paper
Title	:	Risks and Trust in Internet Banking: Sample Evidence from Pathanamthitta District, Kerala.
Country	:	India
Authors	:	G. S. Aneeshkumar, Dr. Sybila Pius Fernandez, Dr. G. S. Gireesh Kumar
	:	10.9790/487X-1121316

Abstract: The marvelous kinds of innovation in technology and hard line blend of it with information technology made a paradigm shift in the banking industry. Technology itself created its world in the globe of human beings. The beginning of E- banking created a phenomenal system- Internet banking. Internet banking is a kind of systems that enable financial institution customers, individuals or businesses, to access accounts, transact business, or obtain information on financial products and services through the Internet. The main objectives of the paper are: 1.to understand the profile of Internet banking users in Pathanamthitta District. 2 .to identify the most widely used application of Internet banking. 3. to understand the influence of gender on various dimensions of risk in the usage of Internet banking. 4. to understand the influence of gender on various dimensions of trust in the usage of Internet banking. It is found that the popular internet banking services are; balance enquiry, followed by recharging mobile phones, banking service information and payment to other account. Most of the users are in the age group of 20-30 either employed or student with a monthly income of below 40,000 with educated with an average or advanced level of computer knowledge. The Chi-square test revealed that there is no statistically significant difference between the opinion of males and females towards risk are found. There is significant difference between males and females towards trust is found.

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