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- March 2012
- Article
Racial Diversity, Racial Asymmetries, and Team Learning Environment: Effects on Performance
By: Robin J. Ely, Irene Padavic and David A. Thomas
This paper argues that learning in cross-race interactions is critical for work teams to realize performance benefits from racial diversity but that diversity is a liability when society's negative stereotypes about racial minorities' competence inhibit such... View Details
Ely, Robin J., Irene Padavic, and David A. Thomas. "Racial Diversity, Racial Asymmetries, and Team Learning Environment: Effects on Performance." Organization Studies 33, no. 3 (March 2012): 341–362.
- Research Summary
Thin Slices of Teams with Professor Jeff Polzer, Patricia Satterstrom, and Lisa Kwan
How do people evaluate team effectiveness from short observations of interactions among team members? What are the cues people take in in such narrow windows of experience? What contributes to the accuracy of evaluations based on thin slices of... View Details
- 26 Apr 2024
- HBS Case
Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory
Leaders intent on boosting team performance could learn from the old-school, military-style approach of Deion Sanders, a former star athlete and now the unorthodox coach behind the revival of two college football teams. “When I’m teaching... View Details
- Jul 2013
- Conference Presentation
Bringing Worlds Together: Cultural Brokerage in Multicultural Teams
By: Sujin Jang
- Article
Timing is Everything: The Importance of Finding the Right Moment in Leading Teams
Great team leaders have superb timing. We explore in this article two different types of timing that leaders need to help their teams. First, they understand when teams are naturally open to help, and what kinds of help to give teams at predictable times in... View Details
- December 2019
- Case
Small-Market Teams and Big Stars: The Milwaukee Bucks and Giannis Antetokounmpo
By: Anita Elberse and Melcolm Ruffin
In October 2019, National Basketball Association (NBA) team the Milwaukee Bucks are about to tip off their first home game in the 2019–2020 NBA season. Peter Feigin, president of the Milwaukee Bucks, and Jon Horst, the league’s youngest general manager, could look back... View Details
Elberse, Anita, and Melcolm Ruffin. "Small-Market Teams and Big Stars: The Milwaukee Bucks and Giannis Antetokounmpo." Harvard Business School Case 520-037, December 2019.
- December 2006
- Article
Lift Outs: How to Acquire a High-Functioning Team
By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
Keywords: Groups and Teams
Groysberg, Boris, and Robin Abrahams. "Lift Outs: How to Acquire a High-Functioning Team." Harvard Business Review 84, no. 12 (December 2006): 133–140.
- 01 Apr 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
When Power Makes Others Speechless: The Negative Impact of Leader Power on Team Performance
- 1 May 2003
- Conference Presentation
How Leaders Promote Learning in Interdisciplinary Action Teams
By: A. Edmondson
- March 2004
- Supplement
C&S Wholesale Grocers: The Challenge of Self-Managed Teams
By: Thomas J. DeLong
DeLong, Thomas J. "C&S Wholesale Grocers: The Challenge of Self-Managed Teams." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 404-802, March 2004.
- Article
Environmental and Organization Context and Executive Team Characteristics
By: S. Keck and Michael Tushman
Keck, S., and Michael Tushman. "Environmental and Organization Context and Executive Team Characteristics." Academy of Management Journal 36, no. 6 (December 1993): 1314–1344.
- May 17, 2023
- Article
Don't Let Passion Lead to Burnout on Your Team
By: Joy Bredehorst, Kai Krautter, Jirs Meuris and Jon M. Jachimowicz
Passion is often heralded as the key to a fulfilling and successful career, but the authors’ recent research suggests that it can also come at a cost: Feeling passionate about work can lead to exhaustion and even burnout. Through studies with more than 700 employees... View Details
Bredehorst, Joy, Kai Krautter, Jirs Meuris, and Jon M. Jachimowicz. "Don't Let Passion Lead to Burnout on Your Team." Harvard Business Review (website) (May 17, 2023).
- 2012
- Chapter
When Identities, Interests, and Information Collide: How Subgroups Create Hidden Profiles in Teams
By: Jeffrey T. Polzer, Lisa Kwan and Lisa B. Kwan
Purpose—We review how team members' identities and interests affect team functioning, paying special attention to subgroup dynamics triggered by fault lines and coalitions. This review sets the stage for describing novel pathways through which identities and... View Details
Polzer, Jeffrey T., Lisa Kwan, and Lisa B. Kwan. "When Identities, Interests, and Information Collide: How Subgroups Create Hidden Profiles in Teams." In Looking Back, Moving Forward: A Review of Group and Team-Based Research. v.15, edited by Margaret A. Neale and Elizabeth A. Mannix, 359–381. Research on Managing Groups and Teams. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing, 2012.
- 27 Dec 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Team Learning Capabilities: A Meso Model of Sustained Innovation and Superior Firm Performance
- November 2008
- Article
Teaming Up to Crack Innovation and Enterprise Integration
By: Jim I. Cash Jr., Michael J. Earl and Robert Morison
Cash, Jim I., Jr., Michael J. Earl, and Robert Morison. "Teaming Up to Crack Innovation and Enterprise Integration." Harvard Business Review 86, no. 11 (November 2008).
- Article
Disrupted Routines: Team Learning and New Technology Adaptation
By: Amy C. Edmondson, Richard Bohmer and Gary P. Pisano
Edmondson, Amy C., Richard Bohmer, and Gary P. Pisano. "Disrupted Routines: Team Learning and New Technology Adaptation." Administrative Science Quarterly 46, no. 4 (December 2001): 685–716.
- 13 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams
Employees often feel stressed when their firms are bought by other companies, fearing they could face layoffs, demotions, or lousy working conditions. While it’s true that organizations tend to restructure their workforce following mergers and acquisitions, these... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 2007
- Article
What team leaders see: Towards an understanding of the timing of team leader coaching interventions (Report No. 6)
By: Colin M. Fisher
Fisher, Colin M. "What team leaders see: Towards an understanding of the timing of team leader coaching interventions (Report No. 6)." CIA Intelligence Technology Innovation Center, Technical Report (2007).
- 2018
- Article
Prior Ties and the Limits of Peer Effects on Startup Team Performance
By: Sharique Hasan and Rembrand Koning
We conduct a field experiment at an entrepreneurship bootcamp to investigate whether interaction with proximate peers shapes a nascent startup team's performance. We find that teams whose members lack prior ties to others at the bootcamp experience peer effects that... View Details
Keywords: Field Experiment; Peer Effects; Office Space; Knowledge Spillovers; Accelerators; Entrepreneurship; Knowledge Sharing; Performance; Technology Industry; India
Hasan, Sharique, and Rembrand Koning. "Prior Ties and the Limits of Peer Effects on Startup Team Performance." Strategic Management Journal 40, no. 9 (September 2019): 1394–1416.
- October 2009
- Teaching Note
Medisys Corp.: The IntensCare Product Development Team (Brief Case)
By: Anne Donnellon and Joshua D. Margolis
Teaching Note for 094059 View Details