Acknowledgments * List of Contributors * PART ONE: INTRODUCTION * Challenges of a New Research Agenda--M.Vink&P.Graziano * PART TWO: THEORY AND Rethinking VirtualityNiki PanteliandMike Chiasson * Virtuality: Beyond the Boundaries of Space and TimeKeith Dixonand Niki Panteli * The Role of Shared Practices in Virtual Team Performance Kathy Chudoba andMary Beth Watson-Manheim * An Interdisciplinary approach to analyzing virtuality in organizational team contextsChristin Schmidt,Bryan K.Temple, Ann McCread, Julian Newmanand Susanne C. Kinzler * Building Virtual Cooperation: Guidelines for Effective Performance Velvet Weems-Landingham * Whose Requirements? Possibilities meeting reality in virtual organization in chemicals manufacturingPaul Lewis and Maria Katsorchi-Hayes * Managing Globally Distributed Expertise in Virtual Contexts: A Knowledge Based PerspectiveJulia Kotlarsky,Ilan Orhri, Paul C. Van Fenema and Leslie Willcocks * Identification over Distance: The Case of a Born Global Organization Lin Yan * Playing together in cyberspace: collective action and shared meaning constitution in Persistent Virtual EnvironmentsAnthony Papargyrisand Angeliki Poulymenakou * Becoming Transdisciplinary: Globalizing Virtuality Studies in the Social World Jeremy Hunsinger * Luminal possibilities for global and local in virtuality research and practiceMike Chiasson * Virtuality: Time, Space, Consciousness and a Second LifeDavid Krep * Epilogue: An Agenda for Research and Practice on the Nature of Virtuality Mike Chiasson and Niki Panteli