“…2 | THEORETICAL BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS DEVELOPMENT 2.1 | Action teams and TR Action teams represent groups of experts who conduct interlinked tasks during complex, time-limited performance events involving audiences, adversaries, or challenging environments (Sundstrom, McIntyre, Halfhill, & Richards, 2000) associated with substantial physical, psychological, and interpersonal challenges (Ishak & Ballard, 2011). These performance events (e.g., a match for a sports team) are discrete and bounded in space and time (Morgeson, Mitchell, & Liu, 2015), which makes them clearly distinguishable from other phases with less activity (i.e., planning, reflection).…”