JIT_V5_N2_RP1 Viju Raghupathi Journal on Information Technology 2277-5250 5 2 5 13 Virtual Team, Collaboration, Technology, Artifact, Production, Discussion, History, Memory The evolution of information technology that transcends time and space has enabled organizations to leverage virtual team collaboration. New collaborative technology, such as Google Apps/Google Docs, has disrupted traditional assumptions about collaboration. This empirical study on virtual teams examines how social and technical influences shape collaboration. It analyzes the performance and process of collaboration to detect changes, if any, brought about by modern collaboration tools, as well as the implications to organizations that deploy virtual teams. The findings show that new tools promote changes in the process of collaboration from a sequential to an iterative cycle of discussion and production. Practitioners can benefit from the insights of this study by evaluating the nature of teams and the support provided for their collaboration. In addition, collaborative technology has differential effects based on the social dynamics that occur within virtual teams. March - May 2016 Copyright © 2016 i-manager publications. All rights reserved. i-manager Publications http://www.imanagerpublications.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=5998