“…Often-cited benefits of the use of CFTs are the enhanced quality of decision-making stemming from the diversity in perspectives, skills, information and resources (Gelderman et al, 2017;Ghobadi, 2011;Huang and Newell, 2003;Srikanth et al, 2016;Stipp et al, 2018); the improved communication of project information and the positive effect this has on organizational learning (Lopes Pimenta et al, 2014;Piercy et al, 2013;Stipp et al, 2018;Wang and He, 2008); and the all-round contribution to organizational performance in both the private and public sector (Daspit et al, 2013;Pakarinen and Virtanen, 2017;Piercy et al, 2013;Stipp et al, 2018). Unsurprisingly, functional diversity and the accompanying differences in perspectives also lead to a lot of problems within CFTs.…”