TY - JOUR
T1 - Applying Neuroscience to Emergent Processes in Teams
AU - Wang, Danni
AU - Waldman, David A.
AU - Balthazard, Pierre A.
AU - Stikic, Maja
AU - Pless, Nicola M.
AU - Maak, Thomas
AU - Berka, Chris
AU - Richardson, Travis
N1 - Funding Information:
We acknowledge comments from John Antonakis and Mark van Vugt on an earlier version of this article, and the support by an internal grant of ESADE Business School for the project “The Neuroscience of Leadership.” We also thank Zhen Zhang and Jia (Joya) Yu for providing guidance on the statistical modeling. Maja Stikic did most of the work when she was at Advanced Brain Monitoring.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - In this article, we describe how neuroscience can be used in the study of team dynamics. Specifically, we point out methodological limitations in current team-based research and explain how quantitative electroencephalogram technology can be applied to the study of emergent processes in teams. In so doing, we describe how this technology and related analyses can explain emergent processes in teams through an example of the neural assessment of attention of team members who are engaged in a problem-solving task. Specifically, we demonstrate how the real-time, continuous neural signatures of team members’ attention in a problem-solving context emerges in teams over time. We then consider how further development of this technology might advance our understanding of the emergence of other team-based constructs and research questions.
AB - In this article, we describe how neuroscience can be used in the study of team dynamics. Specifically, we point out methodological limitations in current team-based research and explain how quantitative electroencephalogram technology can be applied to the study of emergent processes in teams. In so doing, we describe how this technology and related analyses can explain emergent processes in teams through an example of the neural assessment of attention of team members who are engaged in a problem-solving task. Specifically, we demonstrate how the real-time, continuous neural signatures of team members’ attention in a problem-solving context emerges in teams over time. We then consider how further development of this technology might advance our understanding of the emergence of other team-based constructs and research questions.
KW - construct validation procedures
KW - field research methods
KW - observational techniques
KW - qualitative research
KW - reliability and validity
KW - research design
KW - survey research
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U2 - 10.1177/1094428120915516
DO - 10.1177/1094428120915516
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85084680789
SN - 1094-4281
VL - 24
SP - 595
EP - 615
JO - Organizational Research Methods
JF - Organizational Research Methods
IS - 3
ER -