Aseem Marwaha, Abbott J Haron and Dalia Habil
The software industry is a multi-billion industry and millions of people associated with this business. The beauty of this industry is it requires minimal infrastructure and special equipment which include software and hardware to run the business. Virtual working environment and practices originated in the 1980s with the birth of the internet. Virtual teams or individuals work online with mutual agreement and defined objectives. There are a lot of challenges which the leadership faces while dealing with virtual teams. These challenges include the availability of high-quality internet connection, diminished focus and productivity, management of employees virtually and their accountability, task management, maintaining a smooth and well-disciplined relationship with all team members, keeping the morale high of a virtual team, and security of assets (hardware, software, and data). Therefore, leadership must transform their way of management. Shared leadership style provides the distribution of powers and roles, which help to increase productivity and performance. The country like Pakistan where internet connection and availability of copyrighted software & pre-requisite hardware are few of the major challenges, leadership may face different challenges as compared to virtual teams operating in different countries. This study will try to identify the challenges which leadership may face while functioning with virtual teams in Pakistan, and the effect of shared leadership if applied on productivity and efficiency to meet the organizational objectives.
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