@misc{GoldmannWolterWoll, author = {Goldmann, Christine and Wolter, Anja and Woll, Ralf}, title = {Identifying the challenges of communication within virtual teamwork}, series = {15th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, November 7th-9th, 2022, ICERI Proceedings 2022}, journal = {15th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, November 7th-9th, 2022, ICERI Proceedings 2022}, publisher = {IATED Academy}, address = {Valencia, Spain}, isbn = {978-84-09-45476-1}, issn = {2340-1095}, doi = {10.21125/iceri.2022.0881}, pages = {3609 -- 3615}, abstract = {In recent years, employees have increasingly been working remotely. Thus, virtual collaboration has continuously gained in importance and the associated change in work organization is realized in virtually collaborating teams. In particular, the communication that takes place under these conditions differs significantly from traditional face-to-face communication and plays a central role in virtual team collaboration. The challenges and opportunities that arise in this context were investigated in this study. The study focuses on identifying the challenges employees face at the communication level in their everyday work. To this end, opinion interviews were conducted with employees of virtually collaborating teams. Based on the identified challenges, a survey was carried out to initiate the analysis based on (quantitative) data collection. After data cleaning, a sample of 291 participants could be collected. From the results obtained, potential improvements for communication, both for the management positions as well as the employees of virtually collaborating teams were derived. The research confirmed that the communication effort in virtual teamwork is higher than in real teamwork. Furthermore, virtual communication has a significant influence on the factors team identification, miscommunication and the decision-making processes in the team. Other findings of the study are that individuals who work only in face-to-face teams are more skeptical of virtual collaboration. In contrast, individuals who work exclusively virtually are more open to virtual and face-to-face collaboration. The results suggest there are more challenges when comparing virtual to face-to-face communication. In addition to the broader findings, it can be seen that the increasingly digitized world of work impacts communication and poses challenges for virtually collaborating teams. In addition to media competence, it is additionally important in this context that individual team members have team- and technology-related skills. In addition to these prerequisites, virtually collaborating team members should be prepared for and continuously supported in virtual collaboration and virtual communication through training, workshops and courses. This can be counteracted by increased communication, soliciting feedback, and face-to-face meetings. The research suggests that transparent and traceable communication and collaboration processes should be implemented in practice.}, language = {en} } @misc{FroeschkeBesthaFuckeetal., author = {Froeschke, Samuel and Bestha, Kranthi Kumar and Fucke, Rico and Schiemenz, Sandra and Popov, Alexey and Naumann, Marco and Knupfer, Martin and Giebeler, Lars and Wolf, Daniel and Kizhake Malayil, Ranjith Kumar and Sivan, Saramgi Chencheriparambil and Grafe, Hans-Joachim and Gräßler, Nico and Corredor, Laura T. and Wolter, Anja U. B. and B{\"u}chner, Bernd and Schmidt, Peer and Hampel, Silke}, title = {Structural and Magnetic Transitions Caused by Dimer Formation in the CrCl3-MoCl3 Solid Solution}, series = {Chemistry of Materials}, volume = {36}, journal = {Chemistry of Materials}, number = {9}, issn = {0897-4756}, doi = {10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c03109}, pages = {4240 -- 4253}, abstract = {In this work, we apply the concept of solid solutions to the two 2D transition metal trihalides CrCl3 and MoCl3. While CrCl3 belongs to the magnetically active CrX3 family, the magnetism in MoCl3 is intrinsically suppressed by the formation of aligned Mo-Mo dimers, which also distort the regular honeycomb lattice that is typical for the 2D transition metal trihalides. We report suitable synthesis conditions for the gapless solid solution and crystal growth by chemical vapor transport. The CrCl3-MoCl3 solid solution was initially synthesized at 650 °C for 100 h under addition of MoCl5 as mineralizer, and bulk crystals were subsequently grown by vapor transport in a temperature gradient from 600 °C → 550 °C for 60 h. The obtained solid solution exhibits multiple composition-dependent phase transitions at room temperature, as confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction measurements. The possible presence of Mo-Mo dimers in the solid solution was further investigated by infrared, Raman, electron energy loss, and nuclear quadrupole resonance spectroscopies. The combined results indicate that the Mo-Mo dimers are present over a wide range of compositions. Their orientation changes from parallel alignment for compositions from 70\% ≤ c(Mo3+) ≤ 100\% to random orientation for samples with c(Mo3+) < 70\% content, which significantly affects the course of lattice parameters. Finally, the magnetic properties of the powder samples show a correlation between the Mo3+ content and the transition temperature into the low-temperature phase.}, language = {en} }