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100 _aHarvey, Jean-François et al
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245 _aThe dynamics of team learning: Harmony and rhythm in teamwork arrangements for innovation
260 _aAdministrative Science Quarterly
300 _a68(3), Sep, 2023: p. 601-647
520 _aInnovation 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 MBA project teams at an elite North American university. Results show that some learning activities can occur within the same teamwork episode to have harmonious positive effects on team performance, while other activities combine to have dissonant negative effects when occurring in the same episode. We argue that dissonant activities must be spread across teamwork episodes to help teams achieve a positive rhythm of team learning over time. Our findings contribute to theory on team dynamics, team learning, and ambidexterity. – Reproduced https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00018392231166635
650 _aTeam learning, Teamwork arrangements, Innovation, Ambidexterity, innovation, Learning, Team dynamics, Teams
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773 _aAdministrative Science Quarterly
906 _aMANAGEMENT
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