International experiential diversity and performance at project organizations: The case of national football teams
Journal
Sport, Business and Management
ISSN
2042-678X
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2011-10-13
Author(s)
Abstract
This paper sheds further light on the link between diversity configurations in project teams and team performance. The paper draws upon detailed player background profiles and team performance data from the FIFA World Cup 2006, including profiles of the 736 players who participated in the tournament and performance data from the 64 matches played. Our findings highlight the need to carefully manage experiential diversity in project team settings in order to benefit from access to diverse tacit resources while at the same time avoiding that the integrative capacities of teams become overstretched. At the same time, we find little support for the notion that longevity of team membership is associated with higher performance in project teams. We derive implications for project team composition practices and discuss alternative interpretations of our findings
Language
English
Keywords
experiential diversity
project team performance
sports teams
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Emerald
Publisher place
Bingley, UK
Volume
1
Number
3
Start page
267
End page
283
Pages
17
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
63177
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Name
Ruigrok Greve Engeler EURAM 2010.pdf
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