Organizations world over have enabled work-from-home facilities to the employees due to the COVID 19 pandemic. This is possible only because of the advancements in technology, and, it solely does not help mitigate the challenges that the leaders and their virtual teams face. A review of 58 articles has been conducted to find out the non-technological challenges faced by the virtual team leaders. A systematic literature review was done for a comprehensive literature search, followed by bibliometric analysis which includes performance analysis and network analysis for identification of imminent research themes. The results indicate the co-occurrence keywords co-citation network and vital bibliometric trends which add to the existing body of academic literature on virtual leadership. The study reveals that geographic, temporal and cultural dispersions are a few concerns in managing virtual teams. Organizational leaders need to revisit strategies to overcome these challenges and make their teams more efficient. The study is original in the area as bibliometric analysis in it is the novelty. The three dispersions found in the research are novel to the corporate and academic world.