An Unusual Encounter with Oneself: Exploring the Impact of Self-view on Online Meeting Outcomes

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Helping overcome distance, the use of videoconferencing tools has surged during the pandemic. To shed light on the consequences of videoconferencing at work, this study takes a granular look at the implications of the self-view feature for meeting outcomes. Building on self-awareness research and self-regulation theory, we argue that by heightening the state of self-awareness, self-view engagement depletes participants’ mental resources and thereby can undermine online meeting outcomes. Evaluation of our theoretical model on a sample of 179 employees reveals a nuanced picture. Self-view engagement while speaking and while listening is positively associated with self-awareness, which, in turn, is negatively associated with satisfaction with meeting process, perceived productivity, and meeting enjoyment. The criticality of the communication role is put forward: looking at self while listening to other attendees has a negative direct and indirect effect on meeting outcomes; however, looking at self while speaking produces equivocal effects.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication42nd International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2021 TREOs : "Building Sustainability and Resilience with IS: A Call for Action"
EditorsJoe Valacich
PublisherAssociation for Information Systems
Publication date2021
Article number2134
ISBN (print)978-1-7336325-9-1
ISBN (electronic)978-1-7138936-0-8
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event42nd International Conference on Information Systems: Building Sustainability and Resilience with IS: A Call for Action, ICIS 2021 TREOs - Austin, United States
Duration: 12.12.202115.12.2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work has been funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany (BMBF) under grant no. 16DII127 (\"Deutsches Internet-Institut\").

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