Annotated Bibliography: Shared Team Experiences and Effectiveness

This annotated bibliography critically examines the impact of shared team experiences (STTS) on team effectiveness, drawing upon traditional theories and recent research. It highlights a study that investigates the contingent effects of entrained rhythms and task characteristics on team performance. The study suggests that while shared experiences generally enhance team dynamics, they can also lead to negative outcomes like complacency, particularly in frequently performed tasks. The authors propose that task difficulty moderates the relationship between STTS experience and team efficiency. The research methodology involves analyzing data from hospitals in the United States, and the findings indicate that frequent tasks may amplify the negative effects of STTS, while infrequent tasks may yield positive results. The bibliography concludes by emphasizing the implications of entrained rhythms for the learning experiences of new surgeons and suggesting future research directions.

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The authors are of the opinion that the experiences in STTS in team arrangements may
have negative impacts on the effectiveness of the team. The article draws from traditional
theories that elaborates on the effects of the shared team experiences. Although most traditional
sources of relevant literature suggest that people gain better experiences within a team context,
but some scholars have opined that for some intricate learning processes, team learning in the
form of entrained rhythms generate several negative outcomes in the form of undue
complacency. This complacency materializes in the form of automated thinking, with the team
members predicting that everything will fall into places even with reduced vigilance and lower
learning levels.
Some of the influencing factors like task characteristics has contingent outcomes on the
linkages associated with the effectiveness of a team. Establishing the links between team
efficiency and task frequency, the authors suggest that the conditions under which the negative
effects of the STTS experience manifest through task frequency. The study has further
conceptualized the idea of team work as its impacts of team effectiveness. The authors make task
difficulty the yardstick for judging complacency. Difficulty usually initiates a negative
relationship with the efficiency of a team. As a method of research, the authors examined the
relationship between the team effectiveness, task characteristic and STTS experience. As the
results of the hypothetical study suggests that in case of frequent tasks, the STTS experience has
negative impacts on the efficiency of the team. Whereas, in case of infrequent tasks, the impact
is usually positive. The study has been backed with authentic data collected from hospitals in the
United States. It concludes suitably with an elaborate discussion on future directions and
implications of following the entrained rhythms for the learning experience of new surgeons
working in a team.

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REFERENCES:
Luciano, M. M., Bartels, A. L., D’Innocenzo, L., Maynard, M. T., & Mathieu, J. E. (2018).
Shared team experiences and team effectiveness: Unpacking the contingent effects of entrained
rhythms and task characteristics. Academy of Management Journal, 61(4), 1403-1430.