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Multiple Team Membership: A Theoretical Model of its Effects on Productivity and Learning for Individuals and Teams


Michael Boyer O'Leary


Georgetown University - Department of Management

Mark Mortensen


INSEAD - Organisational Behaviour

Anita Williams Woolley


Carnegie Mellon University
January 5, 2011

Academy of Management Review, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 461-478

Abstract:     
Organizations use multiple team membership to enhance individual and team productivity and learning, but this structure creates competing pressures on attention and information, which make it difficult to increase both productivity and learning. Our model describes how the number and variety of multiple team memberships drive different mechanisms, yielding distinct effects. We show how carefully balancing the number and variety can enhance both productivity and learning.

Keywords: muliple team membership

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Date posted: September 16, 2009 ; Last revised: June 11, 2012

Suggested Citation

O'Leary, Michael Boyer, Mortensen, Mark and Woolley, Anita Williams, Multiple Team Membership: A Theoretical Model of its Effects on Productivity and Learning for Individuals and Teams (January 5, 2011). Academy of Management Review, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 461-478. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1474336

Contact Information

Michael Boyer O'Leary (Contact Author)
Georgetown University - Department of Management ( email )
3700 O Street, NW
Washington, NY 20057
United States
202-687-9257 (Phone)

Mark Mortensen
INSEAD - Organisational Behaviour ( email )
Boulevard de Constance
77305 Fontainebleau Cedex
France
Anita Williams Woolley
Carnegie Mellon University ( email )
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
United States
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