A survey was conducted among video teleconferencing users from three separate sites of a large aerospace firm to determine whether users perceived changes in the formal meeting genre when comparing face-to-face exchange with video teleconferencing. The findings indicated preliminary evidence of relationships between greater perceived importance of structural mechanisms and task-focused exchange, structural mechanisms and meeting outcomes, and task-focused exchange and meeting outcomes among meeting participants. Among meeting chairpersons, the preliminary findings indicated relationships between greater perceived importance of preparation before meetings and chair direction, preparation, and number of decisions made during meetings, and preparation and minutes used to coordinate activities between meetings. These findings are consistent with shifts one might expect when time constrains the use of video teleconferencing.
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