Mind-wandering consists of the process of thinking task-unrelated thoughts (TUT) during task performance. In a task-oriented group, the subject and the subject matter of team members’ mindwandering episodes are of critical interest to the team's performance. However, many writers suggested that mind-wandering may be more common in some circumstances than others. Understanding the social-psychological factors that precipitate mind-wandering in a technological setting is necessary because mind-wandering influences numerous outcomes connected with taskoriented groups. Therefore, this paper aims to explore whether certain social-psychological factors predict self-reported engagement behavior in a number of TUT in the assessment of attitudes. Specifically, our objectives are to put in place behavioral experience sampling methodologies and probe-caught methodologies for measuring online mind-wandering. We intend to design a set of virtual teams using laboratory experiments followed by survey. Our study aims to add to the body of research on virtual teams and mind-wandering by determining the relation between attitude, social factors, and emotions of team members and self-reported engagement in TUT.
