Intelligence and experience are two key variables in the theory. Intelligence is one's overall effectiveness as measured by standard IQ tests. Experience includes learned behaviors and skills that are acquired over the years by performing various tasks. These two variables can impact teams performance depending on the level of stress present. Stress is defined as the level of interpersonal conflict and concerns about performance with superiors, or during organizational disruptions as during mergers, reorganizations and transitions.
Stress moderates the relationship between IQ and performance.
In low stress situations, they may rely too much on past experience. This is a relatively new theory and has not been sufficiently developed or tested, although it seems to have some initial support for parts of the theory.