... several characteristics of self-managed teams and string quartets. All members felt empowered to take a lead, although their backgrounds might have predisposed them to take such initiatives anyway. But the long-serving female accompanist is, by virtue inter alia of her superior musicianship, which appears...

... is implicitly treated as a “black box”, which is assumed to be possible to copy across different contexts. Knowledge transfer Organizational change Globalisation Management techniques Empowerment Self managing teams There has been a growing interest in the literature on how multinational...

... of teamwork. Empowerment Group work Job satisfaction Qualitative research Self managing teams Team working Team performance Monica Rolfsen can be contacted at: Monica.Rolfsen@iot.ntnu.no © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 As mentioned in the introduction, there has been...

...Jeanette Lemmergaard; Søren Voxted Purpose This paper aims to illustrate how employees in self‐managing teams handle the fact that each self‐managing team includes traditional as well as non‐traditional team members. Design/methodology/approach This paper, based on two case studies from Post...

... but no ultimate performance leverage. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Team working Psychology Self managing teams Critical success factors This paper offers a more generative understanding of effective teamwork (i.e. what makes teamwork possible and how can this be sustained...

... have a higher ability to manage their emotions will experience lower group satisfaction. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Emotional intelligence Group behaviour Team working Self managing teams Students There continues to be interest in the area of emotional intelligence...

.../intelligent communities are facing in managing their teams, which could lead to better solutions for network governance and collaboration within a multi‐organizational structure. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Leadership Knowledge management Team working Self managing teams...

... the chances of a team's success. Also discusses the definintion of a self‐managed performing unit, and whether the design and support of a successful self‐managed team typically take into account the individual skills and characters of team members. Concludes with a discussion of how productivity gains from...

..., groups were more severe, although not more so than the group's manager. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Self managing teams Discipline Performance management Motivation (psychology) Interest in participative management or employee involvement has existed since the 1930s...