Study of virtualness, task interdependence, extra-role performance and team climate in Indian software development teams

The paper studies the effect of virtualness on team climate and extra-role performance of team members and the moderating effect of task interdependence in this relationship. The sample consists of 125 team members from 25 software development teams. Virtualness index (developed for this study), Team climate inventory (Anderson & west, 1994), task interdependence scale (Pearce & Gregersen, 1991) and Organizational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB) (Podsakoff & MacKenzie 1989) scale were used for measurement. Correlation analysis and 3x2 ANOVA were used for analysis. Results showed that virtualness negatively affected the following variables: a) all the dimensions of vision scale of TCI, b) interaction frequency and influence dimensions of participatory safety scale (TCI) and c) generalized compliance dimension of OCB. Though task interdependence had a significant main effect on OCB and team climate, it did not have any moderating effect.