Individuals And Teams - Publications - Faculty & Research

August 1972 (Revised September 1976)
Background Note

Understanding Another Person, Part I: The Individual Frame of Reference

By: Anthony Athos and John J. Gabarro

Personality theory. The individual frame of reference. View Details

Keywords: Perspective; Relationships; Identity

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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

March 2016 (Revised February 2021)
Case

Lotus F1 Team

By: Stefan Thomke, Nikolaos Trichakis, Jérôme Lenhardt and Daniela Beyersdorfer

Describes the detailed inner workings of a high performance Formula One (F1) racing team. It shows how Lotus F1 Team has been able to battle bigger rivals in a very fast-moving, highly regulated, and ultra-competitive environment, where winning races can come down to... View Details

Keywords: Formula One; Motor Sport; Racing Cars; Car Development; Supply Chain; Logistics; Innovation and Management; Competitive Advantage; Product Design; Research and Development; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

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8 Aug 2004
Conference Presentation

Team Learning and the Racial Diversity-Performance Link

By: R. Ely and David A. Thomas

Keywords: Learning; Groups and Teams; Ethnicity; Performance

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01 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

Team Success Starts with the Individual—and with Love

at it a bit differently. Remembering that any team is comprised of individuals, he focuses on helping each individual reach their highest potential not just as performers but as people. Do this, View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati; Sports

09 May 2011
News

Cisco and a Cautionary Tale about Teams

24 Apr 2020
Op-Ed

Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19

market for the employer. In the current NFL situation, agents have been instrumental in sending teams videos, live streams, comparative statistics, and profiles of their clients. 2. Hire complementary stars... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Abbott , Boris Groysberg, Tali Groysberg, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

2013
Working Paper

How the Zebra Got Its Stripes: Imprinting of Individuals and Hybrid Social Ventures

By: Matthew Lee and Julie Battilana

Hybrid organizations that combine multiple, existing organizational forms are frequently proposed as a source of organizational innovation, yet little is known about the origins of such organizations. We propose that individual founders of hybrid organizations acquire... View Details

Keywords: Hybrid Organizations; Imprinting; Institutional Theory; Social Entrepreneurship; Organizations

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1 Aug 1983
Conference Presentation

The Cognitive-Affective Cross-Fire in Negative Self-Concept Individuals

By: R. Ely, W. B. Swann and J. Griffin

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December 1999
Article

Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams

By: A. Edmondson

Keywords: Learning; Behavior; Groups and Teams; Health

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01 Jun 2008
News

Team MBA

students firsthand experience with team dynamics. “Learning teams are becoming part of the culture at HBS,” says Professor Jeff Polzer, faculty chair of the MBA Learning Teams... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

March 1990 (Revised April 1991)
Case

Chase Manhattan Bank (C): The Individual Bank

By: Benson P. Shapiro

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Banking Industry

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18 Jul 2014
News

Team Players

a great event." What made the New York/New Jersey region a unique challenge was having two of everything—two states and their associated agencies (New York and New Jersey), two host View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

2008
Chapter

Overcoming Barriers to Collaboration: Psychological Safety and Learning in Diverse Teams

By: A. Edmondson and Kate Roloff

We review research on psychological safety and team learning to identify core ideas and findings in these closely related literatures and to propose a model in which a negative relationship between team member diversity and team collaboration is moderated by... View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Groups and Teams; Social and Collaborative Networks; Performance Improvement; Learning; Diversity

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February 2003
Background Note

Identity Issues in Teams

By: Jeffrey T. Polzer and Hillary Anger Elfenbein

This note explains how identity dynamics underlie many of the observable interpersonal problems that team members encounter, ranging from lack of participation and low involvement to misunderstandings and dysfunctional emotional conflict. It provides a framework for... View Details

Keywords: Framework; Managerial Roles; Outcome or Result; Performance Effectiveness; Groups and Teams; Conflict and Resolution; Emotions; Identity

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2009
Working Paper

Virtual Team Learning: Reflecting and Acting, Alone or With Others

By: Deborah L. Soule and Lynda M. Applegate

This paper examines virtual team learning in new product development situations. New product development activities manifest novelty, uncertainty and complexity, presenting an extreme need for learning in the course of the work. We present data from an exploratory... View Details

Keywords: Competency and Skills; Learning; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Product Development; Groups and Teams; Behavior

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20 May 2020
Blog Post

Jeff Surette and Mike Peters: A Winning Team at TB12

Neither Jeff Surette (MBA 2010) nor Mike Peters (MBA 2017) expected to be drafted onto a team with Tom Brady after business school. However, the perspectives, experience, and skills they each brought to the... View Details

October 2015
Article

Global Teams That Work

By: Tsedal Neeley

Many companies today rely on employees around the world, leveraging their diversity and local expertise to gain a competitive edge. However, geographically dispersed teams face a big challenge: physical separation and cultural differences can create social distance, or... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Groups and Teams; Performance; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues

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