Research regarding geographically dispersed teams (GDTs) is increasingly common and has yielded many insights into how spatio-temporal and socio-demographic factors affect GDT functioning and performance. Largely missing, however, is research on the effects of the basic geographic configuration of GDTs. In this study, we explore the impact of GDT configuration (i.e., the relative number of team...

While people's willingness to work hard can be reduced in teams (i.e., effort losses in teams as compared with individual work), it is less recognized that teamwork can also stimulate additional efforts (i.e., effort gains). Building on and extending existing theory, we (a) suggest an integration of these two research streams, and (b) provide evidence for team-related effort gains in action tea...

In the competitive ma rke t , virtual teams represent a growing response to the need for fas ting time-to-ma rket, low-cos t and rapid solutions to complex organizational problems. Virtual teams enable organizations to pool the talents and expertise of employees and non-employees by eliminating time and space barriers . Nowadays companies are heavily inves tin g in v irt u a l team to enhance t...

As an illustration, an application of inductive transfer shows in competitive games involving teams of robots (e.g., Robocup Soccer). In this scenario, transferring knowledge learned from one task into another task is crucial to acquire skills necessary to beat the opponent team. Specifically, imagine a situation where a team of robots has been taught to keep a soccer ball away from the opponen...

Each new season, youth athletes show up to team tryouts in hopes of making the team. However, there are only so many spots on roster, and sometimes get cut. Deselection, or getting cut, is elimination an athlete from a competitive sport based coach’s decision. Deselection aspect that experience, it can result negative psychological, social emotional consequences such as lost sense self, loss fr...

Evolutionary Robotics (ER) employs population-based artificial evolution to develop behavioral robotics controllers. In this paper we focus on the formulation and application of a fitness selection function for ER that makes use of intra-population competitive selection. In the case of behavioral tasks, such as game playing, intra-population competition can lead to the evolution of complex beha...

ARNASON, A., S. B. SIGURDSSON, A. GUDMUNDSSON, I. HOLME, L. ENGEBRETSEN, and R. BAHR. Physical Fitness, Injuries, and Team Performance in Soccer. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 278–285, 2004. Purpose: To investigate the relationship between physical fitness and team success in soccer, and to test for differences in physical fitness between different player positions. Methods: Part...

Evolutionary Robotics (ER) employs population-based artificial evolution to develop behavioral robotics controllers. In this paper we focus on the formulation and application of a fitness selection function for ER that makes use of intra-population competitive selection. In the case of behavioral tasks, such as game playing, intra-population competition can lead to the evolution of complex beha...