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Table 4 Descriptive Statistics for Virtual Job Demands

From: Boundarylessness and sleep quality among virtual team members – a pilot study from Germany

Item

M

SD

Min

Max

Team members in different time zones

1.739

1.255

1

5

Team members with other mother tongues or dialects

2.848

1.414

1

5

Team members with different cultural backgrounds

2.935

1.357

1

5

Higher susceptibility to errors in communication

2.457

1.609

1

5

Higher susceptibility to conflicts among virtual team members

2.391

1.105

1

5

More difficulties due to diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds

1.935

.952

1

5

More difficulties due to geographical distance

2.196

1.046

1

5

Restricted possibility of social exchange

3.130

1.128

1

5

More difficulties of socially integrating virtual team members

3.087

1.226

1

5

More difficulties in performance assessment

2.500

1.169

1

5

Difficulties to build trust in virtual team members

2.304

1.133

1

5

Satisfaction with communication within virtual team

4.087

.812

2

5

Satisfaction with collaboration within virtual team

4.152

.868

1

5

  1. Note. N = 46. All scales are five-point Likert scales, ranging from one to five