Temporary Teams Research Articles

The Partners of My Partners: Shared Collaborative Experience and Team Performance in Surgical Teams

When teams in organizations are assembled to perform contingent tasks, team members carry with them experiences of prior interaction with partners in different teams. Focal team members share collaborative experiences to the extent that they worked with common external prior partners. Extending current research on team effectiveness, we investigate how shared collaborative experience (SCE) affects team performance. Consistent with the established understanding of team processes as carrying both a teamwork and a taskwork component, we conceptualize SCE as having two distinct dimensions that we call SCE extent and SCE diversity. We posit that high SCE extent increases the ability of teams to refine their teamwork processes, increasing their performance through enhanced coordination and reflexivity. We argue that high SCE diversity hinders the ability of teams to form a shared understanding of task demands, thus undermining team performance. Furthermore, we investigate the contingent effect of task complexity on the relationship between SCE and performance. We argue that the benefits of implicit coordination and the drawbacks of experience diversity decrease as tasks become more complex and require more explicit coordination and wider repertoires of responses. These predictions find support in an analysis of 1343 robot-assisted surgery operations performed by 114 surgeons during a four-year period in a private university hospital. By explicitly recognizing how team members benefit from the network of their shared prior partners, our study contributes to developing a new approach to study the effectiveness of temporary teams in organizations.

The Effects of Decision-Making Structure on Performance and Satisfaction in Temporary Teams

The Effects of Decision-Making Structure on Performance and Satisfaction in Temporary Teams

Біологія та культивування прісноводних раків (Astacoidea) в Україні і світі. Тематичний перелік наукових публікацій (2019–2024 рр.)

Purpose. Compiling a list of sources, which may be useful for learning about studies and issues related to river crayfish, their ecology and biology. Methodology. The holistic approach allowed getting acquainted with a broad range of literature on the study topic, while the selective approach allowed focusing on specific aspects or authors specializing in this field. Attention was focused on papers in scientific journals and collections, materials of temporary teams, as well as monographs devoted to the studies on the biology of river crayfish. Findings. A thematic list of the main works - materials of international scientific and practical conferences, articles from collections of scientific works, thematic scientific collections, journals as well as monographs and abstracts of dissertations on the biology of crustaceans and their cultivation in global crayfish aquaculture has been prepared. The cited works cover the time period from 2019 to 2024. The bibliography contains 166 publications, placed in alphabetical order and described in accordance with the requirements of the HAC, in accordance with DSTU 8302:2015 «Information and documentation. Bibliographic reference. General provisions and rules of drafting», taking into account the amendments (UKND code 01.140.40). Practical value. The list can be useful for law-making activities, maintenance of ecological security of Ukraine, for specialists, scientists, students interested in crustacean biology and crayfish farming. Key words: crayfish, management, cultivation, commercial harvest, feeding, biology of freshwater crayfish.

The role of justice in development of temporary teams: Evidence from the high-tech industry

The role of justice in development of temporary teams: Evidence from the high-tech industry

Recommendations with Benefits: Exploring Explanations in Information Sharing Recommender Systems for Temporary Teams

Increased use of collaborative technologies and agile teamwork models has led to a greater need for temporary teams. Unfortunately, they lack the normal team formation processes that traditional teams use. Information sharing recommender systems can be used to share information about team members amongst the team; however, these systems rely on the team members themselves to disclose valuable information. While prior research has shown that an effective way to encourage user disclosure is through explanations to the user about what benefits they will gain from disclosure, the timing of such explanations has yet to be consideblack. In a between-subjects study with 150 participants, we assessed the content and timing of explanations on levels of disclosure in temporary teams. Our results indicate that providing benefit-related explanations during the time of disclosure can increase user disclosure, and providing benefit-related explanations during the recommendation process can increase user trust in the system. These results provide important design implications for teams and the HCI community.

Boundary Blurring and Temporary Teams’ Performance: The Case of 3D Printing Technology in Surgical

Boundary Blurring and Temporary Teams’ Performance: The Case of 3D Printing Technology in Surgical

The Role of Political Skill in Advancing Teamwork Skill Development in Temporary Teams

The Role of Political Skill in Advancing Teamwork Skill Development in Temporary Teams

Collecting and communicating perishable data in a post-disaster context: rapid research and rapid dissemination.

Puerto Rico experienced four natural disasters in 4 years (2017-2021): Hurricanes Irma and Maria, thousands of earthquakes reaching 6.4 magnitude, and the COVID-19 pandemic. In this context, our team sought to understand the impact of disaster aid distribution on poverty and economic inequality, and their relationship to the spread of COVID-19 across Puerto Rico. Rapid research was required to ensure we could collect perishable data within this ever-changing context. Our mixed methods design relied on both secondary and primary data. Because analyses of the former were to inform where and how to collect the latter, timing was of the essence. The data sources identified were not readily available to the public, and thus required gaining access through direct requests to government agencies. The requests coincided with a transition between administrations after an election. This resulted in unexpected delays. Once in the field, the team had to balance the rapid nature of the research with the mindful work to avoid compounding traumas experienced by participants, heightened risk for re-traumatization and fatigue, the risk of COVID-19, the digital divide, and intermittent electrical and telecommunication services. In response to the delayed access to secondary data, we adjusted our research question. We continued to collect data as they became available, incorporating some immediately into analyses, and cleaning and storing others for future research opportunities. To overcome ongoing trauma challenges and prevent fatigue, we recruited and hired a large temporary team, including members of communities where we collected data. By recruiting participants and co-researchers at the same time and place, we both collapsed time between these activities and increased our team's contextual competency. To adapt to challenges presented by the pandemic, we created hybrid data collection procedures where some data were collected online, and some in person, while maintaining COVID-19 protections. We used similar adaptations for dissemination. Rapid research needs to be agile. Working within a convergence framework to investigate wicked problems had the unexpected added benefit of providing our team with a variety of disciplinary approaches which proved helpful in adapting to the changing conditions in the field. In addition to the resourcefulness of a transdisciplinary team, it is important to be willing to pivot in response to changes and to collect data where and when you can. To increase participation, opportunities need to be designed with flexibility, mindful of competing demands faced by individuals willing to collaborate. Collecting and analyzing data iteratively and utilizing local resources can enable rapid research that is rigorous and yields rich data. Our team applied the lessons learned to structure a rapid and iterative dissemination plan. We combined member-checking with community-level dissemination, enabling us to hone findings further before presenting to policy makers and media. Rapid research creates opportunities to make data-informed program and policy adjustments when they can be most impactful. Both the media and policy makers pay closer attention to research on current events. Hence, our recommendation is to do more rapid research! The more we do, the better we will get at it, and the more accustomed community leaders, policy makers, and program designers will become to using data to inform decisions.

Proposing a framework for industry 4.0: An Asian perspective

In this paper, a framework was presented for implementing Industry 4.0 in an Asian context. Industry 4.0, also known as the fourth industrial revolution, is a concept that described the inclusion of cutting-edge technologies such as automation and artificial intelligence into the manufacturing process. To successfully implement Industry 4.0 in the Asia region, the authors argued that it was necessary to take into account the region's specific cultural and socioeconomic backdrop. The authors argued that the successful implementation of Industry 4.0 in Asia was contingent on the effective management of six crucial elements, which were outlined in the suggested framework. Examples of these variables included the organizational structure, the matrix structure, the project teams, the flat hierarchy, the decentralization, the leadership style, and the human resource practices. The authors suggested that governments, industry leaders, and academics take into account the listed elements while establishing and implementing plans for Industry 4.0. The word "organizational structure" referred to an organization's overall architecture, whereas "matrix structure" referred to the use of cross-functional teams to address specific projects or initiatives. Project teams were temporary teams formed for a specific project or task, and a flat hierarchy was an administrative structure with fewer levels than standard hierarchies. Decentralization referred to the process of delegating decision-making authority to lower levels of an organization, whereas leadership style referred to the approach managers took when it came to inspiring and guiding employees. Lastly, when referring to human resource practices, the authors were talking about the rules and processes that aided in the recruitment, development, and retention of employees. The proposed framework provided a starting point for researchers to investigate how Industry 4.0 could be successfully adopted in Asian nations. If organizations considered the aforementioned characteristics, they would be able to build strategies that were more suited to the region's unique cultural and social milieu.
 

Knowledge sharing in temporary teams: Exploring the use of 3D printing in orthopaedic surgery

This study explores knowledge sharing in temporary teams which use 3D printing technology to support surgical interventions. We focus on the planning phase of orthopaedic surgeries when senior surgeons organise a temporary team to create personalised treatment using 3D printing technology. We conduct in-depth interviews with 25 surgeons and their teams in one of the leading orthopaedic research hospitals in Italy. Based on our qualitative evidence, we find that when the technology provides a basis for the surgical planning, knowledge sharing in teams mostly occurs through two-way – dyadic – relationships between team participants. Our findings also demonstrate that hierarchy within teams is important to support the formation of dyads thereby facilitating knowledge sharing practices within temporary teams. This study is novel in highlighting how temporary teams deal with knowledge sharing challenges due to the continuous changes in team composition in healthcare.

Qualitative Analysis of the Impact of Contracts on Information Management in AEC Projects

Project information management in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) projects can be a challenging endeavor due to the complex nature of projects and the numerous sources and types of information required, including drawings, plans, specifications, and building information modeling (BIM), among others. AEC projects require stakeholders to develop temporary teams, develop work processes, and collaborate across organizational boundaries. Additionally, the numerous technologies used in information management, such as project management software, scheduling software, and BIM, require contractual agreements among project stakeholders to address these technologies’ potential risks while still allowing stakeholder collaboration to benefit project execution and delivery. Contracts are used to define project requirements and can be used to define different aspects of project information management, like required deliverables or stakeholder roles and responsibilities. While recent research has evaluated the relationship between BIM and contracts, there is a gap in understanding the relationship between contracts and information management more holistically. The objectives of this research were to gain insight into how contracts impact information management, identify barriers that exist in contracts related to information management, and to develop potential contract-related strategies to improve information management on AEC projects. Researchers implemented a qualitative analysis approach through semistructured interviews with 38 AEC professionals and the application of a systematic and iterative qualitative coding process. This research found that contracts can be used as a tool to influence the development and execution of project information management strategies. Specifically, contracts can be used to define deliverables, workflows, and software, as well as templates and forms. While interviewees discussed many contract-related challenges, they also proposed potential contract-related strategies to improve project information management. These strategies encompass three main categories: improving contract compliance, contract flexibility, and setting expectations. These findings provide insight into how contracts can impact project information management and provide practitioners with specific contract strategies to improve project information management.

Game theory in network security for digital twins in industry

To ensure the safe operation of industrial digital twins network and avoid the harm to the system caused by hacker invasion, a series of discussions on network security issues are carried out based on game theory. From the perspective of the life cycle of network vulnerabilities, mining and repairing vulnerabilities are analyzed by applying evolutionary game theory. The evolution process of knowledge sharing among white hats under various conditions is simulated, and a game model of the vulnerability patch cooperative development strategy among manufacturers is constructed. On this basis, the differential evolution is introduced into the update mechanism of the Wolf Colony Algorithm (WCA) to produce better replacement individuals with greater probability from the perspective of both attack and defense. Through the simulation experiment, it is found that the convergence speed of the probability (X) of white Hat 1 choosing the knowledge sharing policy is related to the probability (x0) of white Hat 2 choosing the knowledge sharing policy initially, and the probability (y0) of white hat 2 choosing the knowledge sharing policy initially. When y0 ​= ​0.9, X converges rapidly in a relatively short time. When y0 is constant and x0 is small, the probability curve of the “cooperative development” strategy converges to 0. It is concluded that the higher the trust among the white hat members in the temporary team, the stronger their willingness to share knowledge, which is conducive to the mining of loopholes in the system. The greater the probability of a hacker attacking the vulnerability before it is fully disclosed, the lower the willingness of manufacturers to choose the "cooperative development" of vulnerability patches. Applying the improved wolf colony-co-evolution algorithm can obtain the equilibrium solution of the "attack and defense game model", and allocate the security protection resources according to the importance of nodes. This study can provide an effective solution to protect the network security for digital twins in the industry.

Narcissism, Big Five Personality Traits, and Performance in Temporary Teams: An Investigation of League of Legends

Esports are competitive video games that are typically played online. League of Legends (LoL) is an esport with a ranking system that measures player performance in temporary teams. Qualitative studies have suggested there are behavioral differences between ranks, with lower ranking players being more entitled and communicating antisocially. This study attempts to quantify this relationship of behavior and ranking, using trait Narcissism and five-factor model personality traits to measure these tendencies in behavior. Four hundred and forty-four players were recruited across paid and unpaid sampling. Narcissism was the only trait to be significantly associated with LoL ranking. This result may suggest Narcissism is slightly beneficial to success in LoL’s temporary teams, potentially through better emotional regulation while playing. However, as personality traits only predicted 2.8% of variance in LoL ranking, it is likely that player skill and other contextual factors have a larger influence on performance.

ВДОСКОНАЛЕННЯ УПРАВЛІННЯ ОРГАНІЗАЦІЙНОЮ ДІЯЛЬНІСТЮ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ З МЕТОЮ СТАБІЛІЗАЦІЇ ЇХ ЕКОНОМІЧНОЇ БЕЗПЕКИ В УМОВАХ РИЗИКІВ ВІЙНИ

Military actions on the territory of Ukraine, the occupation of entire regions of our country, the displacement of the population and the loss of logistical connections and segments of the internal markets for goods and services have become a source of catastrophic threats for a large number of domestic economic entities. The possibilities of influencing the state of economic security of the enterprise during the formation and functioning of the organizational and economic management mechanism of the business entity, in the process of developing and optimizing organizational culture, etc., have been established. It is substantiated that the management of economic security is one of the areas of general management, it involves planning, organization, implementation and control of security-oriented solutions, i.e. it is closely combined by common goals with organizational activities and tools for their achievement. The coincidence of the goals of the enterprise's organizational and economic mechanism and its economic security system, which consist in achieving a high level of efficiency, profitability, and competitiveness of the enterprise in an environment full of risks, has been revealed. War risks for the state of economic security of enterprises, such as the destruction of non-current assets of the enterprise, occupation of markets, loss of customers in the occupied territories, destruction of infrastructure and logistics routes, displacement of persons who held important positions in the organizational structure of the enterprise, staff turnover due to increased migration processes, temporary work stoppages during air alarms or power outages, violation of partnership relations with enterprises from uncontrolled territories are generalized. Such areas of improvement of operational activities of enterprises such as optimization of personnel placement, restructuring of the organizational structure in the direction of highlighting the segment of online customer service, studying the possibility of moving business, opening branches and representative offices in new regions, revising the personnel policy and organizational culture of the enterprise, creating customer support departments, formation of temporary teams to work on and finding new partners, are proposed.

백제 사비기 왕궁과 사원의 기와 수급 방식과 와공의 동향

The purpose of this study is to shed light on the differences in the production and distribution of ceramic roof tiles used in the construction of the royal palaces and Buddhist temples of Baekje in the Sabi period (538-660) and the changes that occurred in the activities of the tile makers.The discussion in Chapter 2 is focused on the differing ways in which ceramic roof tiles were used in the construction of royal palaces and temples during the Sabi Baekje period. The convex roof-end tiles excavated at the sites of Baekje’s royal palaces, including those at Busosanseong Fortress, Archaeological Site in Gwanbuk-ri, Gua-ri and Ssangbuk-ri Buyeo, shared similar decorative motifs such as circular and triangular dots and waves for a long period of time. Conversely, the convex roof-end tiles discovered at temple sites dating back to the Sabi Baekje period, such as Temple Sites in Neungsa-ri and Gunsu-ri, and Wangheungsa Temple Sie in Buyeo, and Jeseoksa and Mireuksa Temples in Iksan, show that more than two new motifs were introduced at that time. The difference can be explained by the fact that new buildings continued to be added to the royal palaces, making necessary stricter management and control of the tile manufacturing facilities and equipment.In Chapter 3, the discussion deals with the ways in which roof tiles were produced and distributed for the construction of royal palaces and temples and the tendencies of tile makers. The roof tiles of new Buddhist temples built during the Sabi period were supplied by both state-run kilns and private kilns specializing in the production of roof tiles for Buddhist temples. The construction of palace buildings in the Sabi period led to continuous growth inthe size and number of tile kilns, as can be seen in the kiln sites at Geumdeok-ri, Jeongam-ri, Jeongdong-ri, Wangjin-ri and Hyeonbuk-ri. The discoveries made at the Yeondong-ri kiln site in Iksan suggest that the tile makers hired by the government-run workshops in Buyeo produced the roof tiles required for construction projects in the Iksan area. The excavation of the Wangheungsa Temple kiln site has revealed that the operator of the kiln organized temporary teams of tile makers from among workers at other kilns, suggesting a turning point in the history of tile production in Baekje. Analysis of the archaeological features has also revealed that the tile kilns of Wangjin-ri, Gwanhyeon- ri and Bonui-ri in Cheongyang were created by tile makers who had previously worked at the larger, government-financed kilns in Jangam-ri and Geumdeok-ri in Seocheon. The appearance of the convex roof-end tiles discovered at the kiln sites in Sinsan-ri of Seosan, Bunhyang-ri of Cheongyang, Sudeoksa Temple in Yesan, and Cheonho-ri of Nonsan suggests that they were produced by tile makers sent from the government-run kilns in the capital of Baekje for short-term local projects. Such changes in Baekje’s tile production system resulted from the effort to meet the need for a new system to ensure the mass production of roof tiles, effectively meeting the rapidly growing demand related with the construction of the fortified capital of Sabi in the late sixth century.

Mitigating Information Ambiguity through TSM and Reflexivity for Team Judgment Performance

Part of the work of hierarchical temporary teams found in Professional Service Firms (PSF), is to form judgments based on ambiguous information. In this study, we propose that teams that hold a similar understanding of their client’s situation, in other words, have similar team situation models (TSM), achieve stronger team judgment performance. In addition, we investigate whether a reflexivity intervention helps teams cope with information ambiguity. To test our hypotheses, we collected data from 94 ad-hoc, hierarchical teams of financial auditors from a Big 4 firm, participating in a 2x2 experiment of a judgment task, varying information ambiguity and participation in the reflexivity intervention. We examined two types of TSMs relevant to the context. On the one hand, we looked at the teams’ similarity of perception of the relevant information (TSMinfo) and on the other, the similarity of perception of the judgment complexity (TSMjdm). Our results show that (1) information ambiguity is not directly related to team performance, (2) teams facing high information ambiguity have stronger TSMinfo, (3) teams achieve higher judgment performance with more similar TSMinfo and more dissimilar TSMjdm and (4) reflexivity helps the formation of TSMinfo when information ambiguity is moderate but hurts when it is high.

SYNERGETIC SIMULATION OF MANAGING PROCESSES IN EDUCATIONAL SPHERE IN THE CONTEST OF TEMPORARY SELF-RULED MANAGERIAL TARGET TEAMS APPLICATION

Considering the spreading of the system and synergetics methodology in the sphere of modern science, it is particularly important to apply the main principles of synergetics methodology in the process of educational management. The purpose of this application is to conduct a synergetic simulation of the managing processes in the educational sphere with the result of building a comprehensive synergetic model of such a process. The research has been conducted on three methodological levels: 1) the general one covering the fundamental principles of synergetics, 2) the peculiar one covering the fundamental principles of synergetics realized in the sphere of educational management, 3) and the single one covering the synergetic principles realized in the sphere of educational management when these principles have been extrapolated on the concrete synergetic model of educational management. It is stated that the system and synergetics view of the world reveals certain fundamental aspects of the behavior of natural and educational systems in the context of their control and governance. The conducted analysis enables us to state that educational management can be effectively carried out by means of temporary self-ruled managerial target teams. The members of the teams can be recruited both from different state and public structures and from educational institutions with the aim to solve concrete educational problems. These stem from current social events expressing certain social demands. The application of temporary self-ruled managerial target teams is realized according to fundamental synergetic principles and phenomena. By using temporary self-ruled managerial target teams one gains the system emergent effect revealing productive results of team members’ cooperation. The teams are created quite spontaneously when new educational/social/economic problems arise. These problems can be called the outer environment's disturbances. thus, the teams are open self-determined, and self-organized educational systems reacting to these disturbances. The management capacity of the teams results from their multi-targeted nature, flexibility, and staff diversity since the members of the teams are recruited from various strata of society including educational institutions.

Temporary Team Performance and Knowledge Hiding: Mediated by Interpersonal Mistrust.

Although scholars have acknowledged that knowledge hiding is negatively with team performance, none of the extant research has revealed the relationship between knowledge hiding and the performance of temporary teams. To fill this gap, we will explore whether and how knowledge hiding influences temporary team performance. Following a literature review, the correlation between knowledge hiding, interpersonal distrust, and temporary team performance is explored, and the theoretical model between variables is constructed, along with four hypotheses. Then, a quantitative analysis is conducted through a QS (Questionnaire Survey) design on the proposed hypotheses. Specifically, test is conducted on the collected data, and then SPSS and AMOS are used to integrate and analyze the data of 102 teams. The results show that knowledge hiding and its two dimensions (active and passive hiding) have a negative impact on the work efficiency of temporary teams. Interpersonal distrust plays a mediating role between knowledge hiding and temporary team performance. The incentive atmosphere, including control atmosphere and performance atmosphere, can regulate the performance of a temporary team efficiently. Control atmosphere is favorable to improving interpersonal trust and team performance, and performance atmosphere is inverted U-shaped regulation between interpersonal distrust and temporary team performance. Based on the above conclusions, the corresponding management suggestions that encouraging members in temporary teams to share actively and confronting the passive concealment of knowledge are put forward to enhance interpersonal trust and improve the efficiency of the temporary team.

Providing Incentives for Intellectual Labor through Tax Policy in Belarus

This paper discusses the idea of providing tax incentives for scholars and researchers as a necessary factor in the formation of innovative environment. The research aims at formulating proposals for increasing income from intellectual work through tax incentives based on the analysis of scientific research context and existing tax regime for Belorussian researchers. It is argued that the quantity and quality of intellectual labor depend on the tax regime applied. Academic science environment in Belarus is analyzed and the mechanism of taxation of researchers’ income is discussed in its context. The structure of current costs for research and development is demonstrated. Authors show the insufficiency of the existing tax incentives for intellectual labor, including research grants. The analysis is focused on the mechanism of taxation and collection of social insurance contributions from the remuneration of members of temporary research teams. The authors propose to introduce special tax rules for research income from research activities, and consider these possible rules in detail. The theoretical framework of this article is based on the research of national and foreign scholars in the fields of taxation theory, taxation of individuals, and intellectual capital.

Transactive Memory Systems, Temporary Teams, and Conflict: Innovativeness During a Hackathon

The transactive memory system has been studied extensively, yet we still know little about how it influences the effectiveness of temporary teams. Additionally, little is known about the boundary conditions of the well-established benefits of transactive memory systems on team performance. Our primary goal in this study is to build and test a theory that investigates the influence of a transactive memory system on the performance of temporary teams while accounting for conditional effects of both task and relationship conflict. On the surface, a transactive memory systems perspective may seem incompatible with temporary teams. Transactive memory systems typically require time or team member familiarity to develop. However, team members on temporary teams often are selected because of their expertise, not team member familiarity, and often must quickly and effectively operate under time and outcome pressures. We present a theory that suggests transactive memory systems should have a meaningful influence on temporary teams, and its effect is accentuated in the presence of task conflict and attenuated in the presence of relationship conflict. We test our theory using a sample of 202 teams participating in the Global Game Jam, the world's largest hackathon devoted to designing and developing games within a 48-h period. In addition to implications for literatures on transactive memory systems and temporary teams, our study adds to a growing literature providing practical advice and insight regarding hackathons, a pervasive source of innovation and idea generation.