Publications

December 2019 (Revised December 2021)
Case

Negotiating for Equal Pay: The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (A)

By: Christine Exley, John Beshears, Manuela Collis and Davis Heniford

In 2019, members of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (WNT) filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation. The case describes the history of the WNT's quest for equal pay leading up to this event. View Details

Keywords: Equal Pay; Negotiation; Compensation and Benefits; Equality and Inequality; Gender; Prejudice and Bias; Negotiation Tactics; Corporate Governance; Lawsuits and Litigation; Sports; Sports Industry; United States

January 2020
Case

A Tough Call: SEAL Team Leader in Kandahar (A)

By: George A. Riedel

The case, which is a disguised version of real events, is set in Kandahar, Afghanistan (2013) during the long running Afghan war. Lt. Paul Rickson, a Navy SEAL Platoon Commander, is leading a team of 30 U.S. and Afghan soldiers on a mission to clear hostile forces in... View Details

Keywords: War; Leadership; Risk and Uncertainty; Safety; Decision Choices and Conditions; Afghanistan

2023
Working Paper

Teams in the Digital Workplace: Technology's Role for Communication, Collaboration, and Performance

By: Jacqueline N. Lane, Paul Leonardi, Noshir Contractor and Leslie DeChurch

This paper addresses the need for theoretical advancements in understanding team processes and the impact of technology on teams. Specifically, it examines the use of digital collaboration technologies by organizational teams and their effect on team communication and... View Details

Keywords: Affordances; Groups and Teams; Communication Technology; Social Media; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Perception

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01 Dec 2021
News

Do You Know How Your Teams Get Work Done?

22 Oct 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Variation in Experience and Team Familiarity: Addressing the Knowledge Acquisition-Application Problem

Keywords: by Robert S. Huckman & Bradley R. Staats; Video Game; Web Services

January 2019 (Revised January 2019)
Case

An eSports Profile: Team Liquid & aXiomatic

By: Robert F. Higgins and James Barnett

August 2015 (Revised October 2015)
Case

Clover Food Lab: Building Out the Team

By: Shikhar Ghosh, Christopher Payton and Ali Huberlie

Keywords: Hiring; Firing; Foodservice Industry; Business Startups; Selection and Staffing; Resignation and Termination; Food; Food and Beverage Industry; Boston

May 2004
Teaching Note

Henry Tam and the MGI Team (TN)

By: Jeffrey T. Polzer and Hillary Anger Elfenbein

Teaching Note to (9-404-068). View Details

2001
Working Paper

Situated Knowledge and Learning in Dispersed Teams

By: Deborah Sole and Amy C. Edmondson

19 Nov 2013
News

The Hidden Benefits of Keeping Teams Intact

09 May 2011
News

Cisco and a Cautionary Tale about Teams

18 Mar 2016
Video

The Team Sport of Scaling a Business

07 Mar 2022
News

Effective Leaders Share the Spotlight with Their Teams

summer 2001
Article

Case Study: Hunter Business Group: Team TBA

By: Das Narayandas and Elizabeth R. Caputo

Keywords: Information; Groups and Teams

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September 2019
Case

Teaming Up to Win the Rail Deal at GE (A)

By: Amy Edmondson, Ranjay Gulati and Rachna Tahilyani

In 2012, Nalin Jain, then head of GE aviation for South Asia, was given the added responsibility for GE’s transportation business in India, including bidding for a $2.5 billion contract to manufacture, service and maintain 1,000 diesel locomotives for state owned... View Details

Keywords: Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Human Capital; Groups and Teams; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Industrial Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Rail Industry; Transportation Industry; United States; India

January–February 2019
Article

Who Loses When a Team Wins? Better Performance Increases Racial Bias

By: Letian Zhang

Although it is well known that organizational and team performance influences strategic decision-making, little is known about its impact on ascriptive inequality. This study proposes a performance effect on racial bias: higher team performance reduces managers’... View Details

Keywords: Discrimination; Race And Ethnicity; Performance Feedback; NBA; Prejudice and Bias; Race; Ethnicity; Performance; Sports