A B S T R AC T The benefits of teams and teamwork are popular and propounded in management discourse. The use of this lexicon is based on beliefs in the resultant mutual gains for both organizations and individuals. Yet, are all teams, irrespective of the characteristics of membership composition, the same in terms of such beneficial outcomes? This study investigates the importance of team memb...

To explore the relationship between goal clarity, focused communication, learning behavior, and team effectiveness (i.e., task performance, relationship quality, and member satisfaction), self-report and observer data from eight top management groups that processed 56 agenda items during meetings were analyzed. We found that goal clarity and focused communication was positively related to team ...

Teams are used extensively in the field of Information Systems (IS) to perform complex and varied tasks required by IS projects. A solution often touted to the problem of failed IS projects has been diversifying the composition of the team. This diversity of team composition can be either personality type, role or both. Personality type, in this paper, is tested with the Myers-Briggs personalit...

This article looks at the impact of collocation on the effectiveness of information system development teams. The research objective was to investigate which features of the collocation environment have the greatest influence on team effectiveness and how these can assist in a better design for a collocation working environment. The empirical foundation for this research was a number of agile s...

nowadays, teams play a significant role in organizations' success and competitive advantage. that's why managers and researchers are trying to find antecedences and factors affecting teams' effectiveness. this study aims at evaluating the indirect effect of social rewards on team collaborative culture and knowledge sharing. the research is applied in terms of objective, and is co...

This study examined the relative effectiveness of three structural approaches to reducing team size. Seventy-one five-person teams engaged in a simulated interactive task in which the approach to downsizing was manipulated. Results suggest that the structural approaches to reducing team size differentially impact team performance, and this relationship is mediated by how and to what degree team...

Despite a burgeoning literature on teams and teamwork, scholars have not yet thoroughly examined the selection of individuals for forming teams. (McClough & Rogelberg, 2003). To form an effective team, we believe it is critical to identify individuals’ aptitudes that improve team performance, and determine how to apply those aptitudes to select team members. In this study, we focused on general...

Blum, R. H., Raemer, D. B., Carroll, J. S., Dufresne, R. L., & Cooper, J. B. (2005). A method for measuring the effectiveness of simulation-based team training for improving communication skills. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 100(5), 1375-1375-1380. Team behavior and coordination, particularly communication or team information-sharing, are critical for optimizing team performance. This study develope...