Tom Erik Julsrud

Trust is crucial for modern organizations and in particular in cases of virtual and distributed w... more Trust is crucial for modern organizations and in particular in cases of virtual and distributed work. In such organizations much of the communication is based on electronic media, and the collaborators often know very little about each other when they start collaborating. Due to geographical boundaries it often takes a longer time to build trust in such organizations, and in difficult situations there is a risk of developing distrust rather than trust. This paper is concerned with how trust can be developed in highly distributed groups, and the network-related mechanisms that are used to build trust under such conditions. Based on a comparative study of vocational strong ties (intense, work-related) in four distributed groups, the study suggests that groups with higher levels of trust have an integrating core of collaborators that connects to central employees at the involved local sites. In contrast, the groups with lower trust had moved in the direction of establishing dual eScholarship provides open access, scholarly publishing services to the University of California and delivers a dynamic research platform to scholars worldwide. core structures with fewer boundary-crossing strong ties. Three central trust building mechanisms initiated by the integrating cores are discussed including; immediate coordination, visualization of work tasks and moderating conflicts.

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How does Telework influence on Quality of Life?

by Tom Erik Julsrud, Bente Evjemo, and BIRGITTE YTTRI

Prosjektbasert samarbeid i norsk arbeidsliv. En komparativ analyse av

Grounded genres in multimedia messaging

Nascent Communication Genres within SMS and MMS

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Fjernarbeid og valg av bosted. Hvordan påvirkes livskvaliteten?

by Tom Erik Julsrud and Bente Evjemo

How does Telework influence on Quality of Life?

by Tom Erik Julsrud and BIRGITTE YTTRI

GLOBIN INSULIN

The development, distribution and maintenance of trust in distributed work groups: a social network approach

by Tom Erik Julsrud and Per Schiefloe

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, 2007

Managing obligations and opportunities: Long distance travels and personal network strategies in global organizations

Research in Transportation Business & Management, 2013

ABSTRACT Development of personal networks seems to be of growing importance in global organizatio... more ABSTRACT Development of personal networks seems to be of growing importance in global organizations. This paper proposes see business travels more directly related to a need for development, maintenance and exploitation of interpersonal business relationships. Based on an empirical study of managers in 10 international companies, relational aspects of managers intercontinental travels is analyzed, and a theoretical framework to describe interpersonal business relationships and face-to-face interaction is proposed. The framework describes the personal business relationships as motivated by both a need to meet obligations and to build new business opportunities in personal networks of both stronger and weaker ties. Four “personal network strategies”, motivating long distance travels are described. Theoretically, the work draws on research in the field of mobility-studies, as well as recent work in the field of social capital and organizational social networks. The suggested framework is useful not only for a discussion about the role of interpersonal relationships for business travels and contributes to the ongoing academic discussion about the possibilities for development of more sustainable patterns of business travels. Three particular areas for the development of more sustainable network related travels is discussed; raising awareness, reorganization of schedules and responsibilities, and enhanced use of communication technology.