Virtual teams have become very widespread, due to globalization, and more recently the COVID 19 outbreak. More recently, employees increasingly prefer to work virtually rather than return in-person to work. The hybrid mode has become an outcome.

Tuckman Model of Group Development Bruce Tuckman created a five-stage model of group growth in 1965: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning (Gaster, 2021). These phases are not sequential, and teams may return to or regress to prior stages when they confront new difficulties or membership changes.

  

What are the advantages and disadvantages of virtual teams? 

What are the advantages of and disadvantages of hybrid teams?  

Can we apply the Tuckman model to virtual and/or hybrid teams? 

  

Additional Reference:

McKendrick, J. (2022, December 28). Hybrid Work is Now The Norm For the Year Ahead - And Beyond. Forbes, Enterprise Tech. https://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2022/12/28/hybrid-work-is-now-the-norm-for-the-year-aheadand-beyond/?sh=3dec52b6520b