A virtual team (also known as a geographically dispersed team, distributed team, or remote team) is a group of individuals who work across time, space and organizational boundaries with links strengthened by webs of communication technology. Powell, Piccoli and Ives define virtual teams in their literature review article "as groups of geographically, organizationally and/or time dispersed workers brought together by information and telecommunication technologies to accomplish one or more organizational tasks.

Virtual team effectiveness: a proposed research agenda
Training to improve virtual team communication
Five challenges to virtual team success: lessons from Sabre Inc
Building trust and collaboration in a virtual team
Bridging Space Over Time: Global Virtual Team Dynamics and Effectiveness
Bridging Space Over Time: Global Virtual Team Dynamics and Effectiveness
The impact of knowledge coordination on virtual team performance over time
The Impact of Team Empowerment on Virtual Team Performance: The Moderating Role of Face-to-Face Interaction
Method and system for automatic handling of invitations to join communications sessions in a virtual team environment
Managing distance by interdependence: Goal setting, task interdependence, and team-based rewards in virtual teams