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100 1 $aHuckman, Robert S.
245 10 $aFluid teams and fluid tasks :$bthe impact of diversity in experience and team familiarity /$cRobert S. Huckman, Bradley R. Staats.
250 $a[4th rev.]
260 $a[Boston] :$bHarvard Business School,$cc2010.
300 $a32 p. ;$c28 cm.
490 1 $aWorking paper / Harvard Business School ;$v09-145
500 $a"June 2009, revised August 2009, November 2009, April 2010, August 2010"--Publisher's website.
500 $a"August 12, 2010"--added t.p.
500 $aPreviously published as: Fluid teams and fluid tasks: the impact of team familiarity and variation in experience.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 $aIn this paper, we consider how the structures of tasks and teams interact to affect team performance. We study the effects of diversity in experience on a team's ability to respond to task changes, by separately examining interpersonal team diversity (i.e., differences in experience across the entire team) and intrapersonal team diversity (i.e., whether individuals on the team are more or less specialized). We also examine whether team familiarity - team members' prior experience working with one another - helps teams to better manage challenges created by task changes and greater interpersonal team diversity. Using detailed project- and individual-level data from an Indian software services firm, we find that the interaction of task-change with intrapersonal diversity is related to improved project performance, while the interaction of task-change with interpersonal diversity is related to diminished performance. Additionally, the interaction of team familiarity with interpersonal diversity is related to improved project performance in some cases. Our results highlight a need for more nuanced approaches to leveraging experience in team management.
700 1 $aStaats, Bradley R.
710 2 $aHarvard Business School.
830 0 $aWorking paper (Harvard Business School) ;$v09-145.
988 $a20100824
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