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Teams and their Context: Moving the Team Discussion Beyond Existing Dichotomies
Author(s) -
Benders Jos,
Van Hootegem Geert
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of management studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.398
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1467-6486
pISSN - 0022-2380
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6486.00151
Subject(s) - sociotechnical system , dichotomy , context (archaeology) , sociology , computer science , knowledge management , management science , epistemology , engineering , geography , philosophy , archaeology
The dichotomies which have been proposed to distinguish between what can be labelled ‘sociotechnical’ and ‘Japanese’ teams oversimplify the ‘team discussion’. They combine team characteristics and contextual factors which should be separated, contain biases, and have an infirm basis. As an alternative we propose an analytical framework to improve our theoretical understanding of how relevant contextual factors impact the design of jobs and organizations