The Dynamics of Team Learning: Harmony and Rhythm in Teamwork Arrangements for Innovation.

ABSTRACT: Innovation teams must navigate inherent tensions between different learning activities to produce high levels of performance. Yet, we know little about how teams combine these activities-notably reflexive, experimental, vicarious, and contextual learning-most effectively over time. In this article, we integrate research on teamwork episodes with insights from music theory to develop a new theoretical perspective on team dynamics, which explains how team activities can produce harmony, dissonance, or rhythm in teamwork arrangements that lead to either positive or negative effects on overall performance. We first tested our theory in a field study using longitudinal data from 102 innovation teams at a Fortune Global 500 company; then, we replicated and elaborated our theory in a study of 61

SUBMITTER: Harvey JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10406573 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature