Factors Affecting Intention to Lead of Young Leaders in the Virtual Teams

Abstract

The researcher investigated factors impacting intention to lead of young leaders in the virtual teams in Thailand. The population of this research was the young leaders studying and using virtual teams at a large private university located in Pathum Thani province. The samples of 384 valid participants were collected with the use of survey method. Most of the participants were females around 20 years of age. Most of them were the second year in the university. Their grade point average was 3 to 3.99. Most of them were from School of Business Administration. The multiple regression analysis and descriptive statistics were implemented. The researcher revealed that conflict management and transformational leadership respectively had positive influence towards behavior intention to be leaders in the virtual teams in Thailand.