Team-oriented problem solving and learning are the fundamental characteristics of virtual teams (Tran & Latapie,
2007, p. 27). Although there are many surveys on the relationship between team learning and organizational
competitiveness, the surveys on team learning and team performance are less comparatively. Chan et al. (2003, p.
179) studied on a research made in a hospital in Australia with the 189 employees from different departments to
analyze the effects of internal & external team learning on team performance. A research on surgical team in 16