14 International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals, 6(2), 14-32, April-June 2015
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ABSTRACT
The signifcant role of work place collaboration has been widely felt across the globe due to diversity and
highly changing organizational dynamics. Six components emerged from the relevant management and
organizational behavior regarding how managers built unity through collaboration and create a conducive
environment for work and productivity. They are known as –teaming, motivating subordinate, career coun-
seling, communicating with subordinate, professional relationships, issues related to morale and quality of
work life. The present piece of work is a study of work place collaboration on 60 employees belonging from
6 different organizations. . Self-assessment inventory on work place collaboration have been used to assess
those six factors. The results revealed that there is a signifcant gap between “what is” and “what should be”
across all the six components of work place collaboration. Correlation values also suggest the differential
degree of correlation between the six factors for each organization. The fndings have been discussed in terms
of the organizational & IT Sector’s perspectives.
Comparative Study on
Workplace Collaboration
across the Leading Global
Organizations in IT Sector
Vinita Sinha, SCMHRD, Symbiosis International University, Pune, India
Aditi Merchant, SCMHRD, Symbiosis International University, Pune, India
Nupur Dangar, SCMHRD, Symbiosis International University, Pune, India
Paridhi Agal, SCMHRD, Symbiosis International University, Pune, India
Pratiksha Sharma, SCMHRD, Symbiosis International University, Pune, India
Keywords: Collaboration, Global, IT, Organization, Sector, Workplace
INTRODUCTION
Effective leader-managers understand that their
duty is twofold. First, they are entrusted with the
accomplishment of organizational objectives.
Through these performances, they enable their
organizations to deliver useful results to internal
and external stakeholders alike. However, the
second charge of the leader-managers rarely
appears on their job descriptions: the devel-
DOI: 10.4018/IJHCITP.2015040102