International Virtual Teams: Engineering Global Success

As a complete guide to international virtual teamcommunication with practical problem–solving strategies, this bookis a must read for managers and engineers in all stages of theirprofessional development

This book provides essential information for creating andmaintaining successful international virtual teams for those whomanage, participate in, or train others in international virtualteaming. Based on new studies in engineering communication, thisbook presents processes and principles that can help managersand engineers establish global virtual teams that work, assess thevirtual team climate, and maintain the effectiveness of virtualteams across cultural boundaries. It provides knowledge and toolsnecessary to understand the variable contexts of global virtualteams, so that organizations are able to respond to inevitablechanges in technology and the global marketplace.

This book includes several other important features that willenhance the way virtual teams function such as:

Emphasizing international virtual communication Presenting guidelines that are based heavily on empiricaldata Applying virtual team communication guidelines to the field ofengineering
The author offers data from a global survey of engineeringprofessionals with 75% of responses provided by engineeringprofessionals outside the U.S.

Pam Estes Brewer, PhD, is an Associate Professor inthe Department of Technical Communication at Mercer University inMacon, Georgia. She is on the editorial board for the  IEEETransactions on Professional Communication and TechnicalCommunication, and is a Senior Member and Associate Fellow ofthe Society for Technical Communication (STC) as well as a memberof the IEEE Professional Communication Society. Dr. Brewer is the2014 recipient of STC′s Jay R. Gould Award for Excellence inTeaching and the President′s Award for Service. In addition towriting International Virtual Teams, Dr. Brewer has alsowritten articles for journals and book chapters for variouspublishers.


Pam Estes Brewer, PhD, is an Associate Professor inthe Department of Technical Communication at Mercer University inMacon, Georgia. She is on the editorial board for the  IEEETransactions on Professional Communication and TechnicalCommunication, and is a Senior Member and Associate Fellow ofthe Society for Technical Communication (STC) as well as a memberof the IEEE Professional Communication Society. Dr. Brewer is the2014 recipient of STC′s Jay R. Gould Award for Excellence inTeaching and the President′s Award for Service. In addition towriting International Virtual Teams, Dr. Brewer has alsowritten articles for journals and book chapters for variouspublishers.