This study is on learning processes in the context
of global virtual teams. Of interest are the linkages between individual level
learning and team level learning within the context of knowledge intensive,
virtually mediated, project-based work such as consulting. The research is
conducted based on a series of three laboratory experiments involving over 360
business students based in four countries in 2015 – 2017 working on graded consultancy-type
assignments of progressively increasing difficulty under time pressure. The
simulation produced over 1700 individual reflective assignments describing
personal learning and team development. Although further analysis is still
forthcoming, preliminary results suggest that team composition and psychological
safety in addition to individual learning skills affect global virtual team
learning and team performance.