Contextualizing ties among teammates
Subtitle: a multi-level exploration
By: Leslie Perlow, Jody Hoffer Gittell, Nancy Katz
Contributors: Gittell, Jody Hoffer; Katz, Nancy; Harvard Business School. Division of Research
Series: Working paper / Division of Research, Harvard Business School -- 04-018; Working paper (Harvard Business School. Division of Research) -- 04-018
Publisher: Division of Research, Harvard Business School
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Boston]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 39
Description: The focus of this article is the pattern of interactions that arise within small work teams, or what we call ties among teammates, and how organizational and institutional factors play a role in shaping these ties. Based on an ethnographic study of teams across three national contexts, we provide a thick description of the variation in ties among teammates. We further show how different patterns of ties form mutually reinforcing systems with aspects of the organizational context. Our findings suggest a nested theory of structuration, which has a range of implications for better understanding both stability and change in organizations.
Notes: "2nd revise and resubmit."

Includes bibliographical references.