Langbeschreibung
The team, rather than the individual, is increasingly seen as thebuilding block of organizations and a key source of competitiveadvantage. Despite this, not enough is understood about how tobuild successful teams in modern organizations.The Essentials of Teamworking broadens thisunderstanding by offering a selection of key chapters on teamworkfrom the International Handbook of Organizational Teamwork andCooperative Working. This concise paperback edition reveals thecomplexity of teamwork and offers empirically based guidance on howteamwork can be effectively developed in modern organizations.Bringing together leading international scholars, TheEssentials of Teamworking offers challenging perspectiveson teamwork that will inform future research and practice. It is aninvaluable resource for professionals, researchers and studentsalike.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
About the Editors ixList of Contributors xiiiPreface xv1 Cooperation and Conflict: A Personal Perspective on the History of the Social Psychological Study of Conflict Resolution 1Morton Deutsch2 Trust, Identity, and Attachment: Promoting Individuals' Cooperation in Groups 37M. Audrey Korsgaard, Susan E. Brodt, and Harry J. Sapienza3 A Contingency Theory of Task Conflict and Performance in Groups and Organizational Teams 55Carsten K. W. De Dreu and Laurie R. Weingart4 The Role of Cognition in Managing Conflict to Maximize Team Effectiveness: A Team Member Schema Similarity Approach 71Joan R. Rentsch and Jacqueline A. Zelno5 Skill Acquisition and the Development of a Team Mental Model: An Integrative Approach to Analysing Organizational Teams, Task, and Context 91Janice Langan-Fox6 Training for Cooperative Group Work 131David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson7 Team-based Organization: Creating an Environment for Team Success 149Cheryl L. Harris and Michael M. Beyerlein8 Team Decision Making in Organizations 173Mary Ann Glynn and Pamela S. Barr9 Social Loafing in Teams 191Christel G. Rutte10 Power in Groups and Organizations 209Peter T. Coleman and Maxim Voronov11 Managing the Risk of Learning: Psychological Safety in Work Teams 235Amy C. Edmondson12 Cooperation and Teamwork for Innovation 257Michael A. West and Giles Hirst13 When East and West Meet: Effective Teamwork across Cultures 281Kwok Leung, Lin Lu, and Xiangfen LiangIndex 303