The role of communication values in swift starting action teams: IT insights from flight crew experience

Knowledge networks in new product development projects: A transactive memory perspective

“…As Patrashkova and McComb [61] pointed out, team members may have difficulty in collaborating if the members fail to compensate for each other's perspectives. In this sense, team member communication is a means to facilitate a shared understanding in the team [49,57]. Therefore:…”

Process and technology challenges in swift-starting virtual teams

“…They are formed in response to specific needs and typically must perform quickly [6]. Therefore, they need rapid start-up and we shall call them swift-starting teams consisting of professionals who have no prior knowledge of others on the team and who must work together immediately [18]. They are particularly interesting because the rapid combination of disparate resources creates a challenging environment for success.…”

A complexity perspective on collaborative decision making in organizations: The ecology of group-performance

“…They claim that companies like BMW, IBM, and Novartis are discovering what they label swarm businesses, which are successful in addressing the emerging era of increased collaboration, increased information exchange, and continuous learning. According to research on efficient collaboration, increased communication provides a positive contribution to team performance and team success [14]. Other experiments [12] lead by researchers in an innovative project around group size and performance in problem solving, found that the improved performance of small groups (5-10 people) was due to, their ''ability to work together to generate and adopt correct responses, reject erroneous responses, and effectively process information .…”