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In response to the uncertainties presented by Covid-19, many companies and universities have asked their employees to work remotely. The new policies leave many employees — and their managers — separated from each other for the first time.  Common Behavioural Challenges of Remote Workforces Managers first ought to understand factors that can make remote work especially demanding. Both managers and their employees often express concerns about the lack of face-to-face interaction. Supervisors worry that employees will not work as hard or as efficiently (though research indicates otherwise, at least for some types of jobs).   Many employees, on the other hand, struggle with reduced access to managerial support and communication . Challenges inherent in remote work include: A)      Lack of access to information:   Newly remote workers are often surprised by the added time and effort needed to locate information from colleagues

Virtual collaboration is the method of collaboration between virtual team members that is carried out via technology-mediated communication . The collaborators are physically separated from each other and can only interact virtually. Realizing true collaboration — in which the whole is positively more than the mere sum of the individual parts — is intricate in any environment. Individuals have to set aside their egos, trust one another, and share their expertise willingly.  In a virtual workplace, collaboration can be all the more difficult to attain, especially when team members work for different groups/ teams, are essentially strangers to one another, and have different cultural and professional backgrounds. Virtual collaboration holds amazing promise. When successful, it enables talented peers to work together regardless of location and organizations to mine the collective wisdom of a widely dispersed employee population. It is paramount to organisations that want to succeed i