...Fabian Hattke; Steffen Blaschke Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the influence of top management team diversity on academic excellence in universities. Academic excellence is conceptualized as successfully gaining funds for inter-organizational research collaborations...

..., the authors investigate the mediating role of collaboration, a key component of teamwork, in the counterproductive behaviors–team performance relationships. Design/methodology/approach – Using a multisource approach and a team-level design, data were gathered from 101 work teams (381 members and 101...

... Collaboration Work teams Counterproductive behaviors The burgeoning use of virtual teams in organizations can, in large part, be attributed to the promise of performance-related returns that are associated with the use of virtual teams (Picoli et al., 2004 ; Solomon, 2001). Virtual teams can...

...Monica Rolfsen; Justin Bitter; Elizabeth van Veen‐Berkx; Hein G. Gooszen; Pierre van Amelsvoort Purpose The aim of this paper is to describe the factors that contribute to understanding how collaboration improves performance in operating rooms (ORs) after introducing the concept of cross...

... conflictual interaction energy to the task, team collaboration, and productivity can be increased (Weingart and Jehn, 2000 ; Weiss and Hughes, 2005). However, mirroring the field‐as‐a‐whole, empirical findings regarding team conflict management have been generated from numerous, sometimes conflicting...

... useful valid information, knowledge and learning that can be transferred across boundaries regardless of boundary type or location. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Teamwork Collaboration Individual behaviour Health care The palliative care environment is one of short time frames, relationship...