Additionally, leaders who provided members with specific roles and stated what their roles were as a leader were seen as high performing leaders (Kayworth, 2001). Furthermore, high performing leaders were labeled as more authoritative, clear, and more involved (Kayworth, 2001).This research highlights how essential leadership roles, functions and behaviors are to a productive virtual team. In a study conducted by Konradt (2001), the perceptions of which roles and leadership functions are needed for a successful virtual team were examined and showed that the age of the leader, the leadership range,and experience had no correlation with virtual leader …show more content…
(2014) conducted a study of virtual teams from 35 firms in Turkey using Leadership Behavioral Taxonomies. It was concluded that leadership styles that were task-oriented leadership and relationship-oriented leadership was positively correlated with internal learning. Whereas, external learning showed a positive correlation with task-oriented leadership and change-orientated leadership. Additionally, a positive correlation was shown with internal and external learning and team performance. No correlation was found between change-orientated leadership and internal learning, and relationship-oriented leadership and external learning. Overall, leadership style showed to be an essential component of team learning. Furthermore, learning is essential component for increased performance and productivity for virtual