Publications

2011
Chapter

Teams and Team Effectiveness in Health Services Organizations

By: Bruce J. Fried, Sharon Topping and Amy C. Edmondson

Keywords: Groups and Teams; Performance Effectiveness; Health; Health Industry

February 2010 (Revised June 2010)
Case

Arup: Building the Water Cube

By: Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson and Dilyana Karadzhova

Arup, an engineering firm, collaborated with PTW Architects and China Construction Design Institute to develop a design for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics Aquatics Center design competition. Their winning concept for the Water Cube combined elements of Chinese... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Environmental Sustainability; Design; Construction; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Projects; Groups and Teams; Real Estate Industry; Sports Industry; Beijing; Sydney

Educators

26 Oct 2022
News

How to Create Safe Teams

Article

Paradise Lost (and Restored?): A Study of Psychological Safety over Time

By: Derrick P. Bransby, Michaela Kerrissey and Amy C. Edmondson

Although prior research indicates that psychological safety can fluctuate, questions about when and why remain. To gain insights into the emergence and temporal dynamics of psychological safety, we explored longitudinal data representing more than 10,000 health care... View Details

Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Research; Attitudes; Working Conditions; Well-being; Health Industry

Sep 2007 - 2007
Conference Presentation

Antecedents of Boundary Spanning in Cross-functional NPD Teams

By: James R. Dillon, Shikhar Sarin and Amy C. Edmondson

Boundary spanning has been shown in prior research to enhance innovativeness and performance of product development teams. In this study, we examine team conditions that foster boundary spanning behavior. We analyze survey data from 207 members of 54 cross-functional... View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Innovation and Invention; Groups and Teams; Behavior; Performance Improvement; Boundaries; Leadership Style; Product; Complexity; Integration; Power and Influence

July 2005
Class Lecture

Organizational Learning in the Face of Ambiguous Threats

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Amy C. Edmondson and Michael Roberto

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation

November 2001
Teaching Note

Catalyst Medical Solutions (TN)

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Amy C. Edmondson and Laura Feldman

Teaching Note for (9-601-014). View Details

Keywords: Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

16 Dec 2014
News

Why Top-Down Management Doesn’t Work in the Fight Against Ebola

Keywords: management; ebola; government; leadership; teaming; collaboration; crises; Health, Social Assistance; Government; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

05 Dec 2013
News

Lessons Learned from Healthcare.gov

Keywords: communication; collaboration; Health, Social Assistance

15 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 15

tax policy. Teams and Team Effectiveness in Health Services Organizations Authors:Bruce J. Fried, Sharon Topping, and Amy C. Edmondson Publication:In Health Care Management:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2002
News

Andrew H. Tisch

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01 Jun 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016

from a business prevention function to a values-based framework for thriving in increasingly perilous times. Faculty Books Building the Future: Big Teaming for Audacious Innovation by Amy View Details

2011
Article

Organizational Errors: Directions for Future Research

By: Paul S. Goodman, Rangaraj Ramanujam, John S. Carroll and Amy C. Edmondson

The goal of this paper is to promote research about organizational errors—i.e., the actions of multiple organizational participants that deviate from organizationally specified rules and can potentially result in adverse organizational outcomes. To that end, we advance... View Details

Keywords: Research; Organizations; Interests; Managerial Roles; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Management Practices and Processes; Learning

2002
Working Paper

Control Systems for Customer Behavior

By: Frances X. Frei, Amy C. Edmondson and Corey Hajim

2002
Article

When Problem Solving Prevents Organizational Learning

By: Anita L. Tucker, Amy C. Edmondson and Steven Spear

Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Organizations; Learning

19 Oct 2020
News

Today’s Leaders Need Vulnerability, Not Bravado

July 11, 2024
Article

Research: New Hires’ Psychological Safety Erodes Quickly

By: Derrick P. Bransby, Michael J. Kerrissey and Amy C. Edmondson

Across industries, from manufacturing to health care, the luxury of waiting years to benefit from new talent is long gone. Thriving in today’s dynamic economy means bringing new hires up the learning curve faster than ever. Yet, the authors’ latest research suggests... View Details

Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Learning; Interpersonal Communication; Employees

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March 2008 (Revised April 2008)
Teaching Note

Cleveland Clinic (TN)

By: Frances X. Frei, Amy C. Edmondson and Christine Harris-Van Keuren

Teaching Note for [607143]. View Details

Keywords: Health Industry