Multiteam Systems from the Members’ Point of View

Organizations increasingly face complex and dynamic work environments and new forms of collaboration have emerged, such as Multiteam Systems (MTS). In order to effectively work within MTS, people form a social representation of the MTS. This social representation is elicited in Study 1. Study 2 is a qualitative interview-study focusing on factors that determine the effectiveness and success of an MTS. The participants of Study 2 were managers, who work in the area of innovations, and experience MTS on a daily basis. Results show that the factors leading to effectiveness of the MTS are in parts similar to factors determining team success (e.g. communication, conflict management, cohesion) and others are very specific to MTS (e.g. entrainment, alignment, MTS-awareness). However, only some of those factors (i.e. mainly action processes) are part of the social representation of MTS-members. The presented studies contribute by focusing on the MTS-members’ view on MTS and by inductively eliciting factors that determine the effectiveness of MTS.     «

Organizations increasingly face complex and dynamic work environments and new forms of collaboration have emerged, such as Multiteam Systems (MTS). In order to effectively work within MTS, people form a social representation of the MTS. This social representation is elicited in Study 1. Study 2 is a qualitative interview-study focusing on factors that determine the effectiveness and success of an MTS. The participants of Study 2 were managers, who work in the area of innovations, and experience...     »