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Book SynopsisThe team, rather than the individual, is increasingly seen as the building block of organizations and a key source of competitive advantage. Despite this, not enough is understood about how to build successful teams in modern organizations.
Table of ContentsAbout the Editors ix
List of Contributors xiii
Preface xv
1 Cooperation and Conflict: A Personal Perspective on the History of the Social Psychological Study of Conflict Resolution 1
Morton Deutsch
2 Trust, Identity, and Attachment: Promoting Individuals’ Cooperation in Groups 37
M. Audrey Korsgaard, Susan E. Brodt, and Harry J. Sapienza
3 A Contingency Theory of Task Conflict and Performance in Groups and Organizational Teams 55
Carsten K. W. De Dreu and Laurie R. Weingart
4 The Role of Cognition in Managing Conflict to Maximize Team Effectiveness: A Team Member Schema Similarity Approach 71
Joan R. Rentsch and Jacqueline A. Zelno
5 Skill Acquisition and the Development of a Team Mental Model: An Integrative Approach to Analysing Organizational Teams, Task, and Context 91
Janice Langan-Fox
6 Training for Cooperative Group Work 131
David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson
7 Team-based Organization: Creating an Environment for Team Success 149
Cheryl L. Harris and Michael M. Beyerlein
8 Team Decision Making in Organizations 173
Mary Ann Glynn and Pamela S. Barr
9 Social Loafing in Teams 191
Christel G. Rutte
10 Power in Groups and Organizations 209
Peter T. Coleman and Maxim Voronov
11 Managing the Risk of Learning: Psychological Safety in Work Teams 235
Amy C. Edmondson
12 Cooperation and Teamwork for Innovation 257
Michael A. West and Giles Hirst
13 When East and West Meet: Effective Teamwork across Cultures 281
Kwok Leung, Lin Lu, and Xiangfen Liang
Index 303
