Theoretical Perspectives for Team & Small Group Research

There are generally nine theoretical perspectives for structuring your analysis or for developing theoretical models for team and small group research. These nine perspectives are presented by Poole and Hollingshead (2005) book titled Theories of Small Groups. These...

Systems & Complexity Theory

There are many similarities found in the literature between systems theory and complexity theory. However, there are also some distinctive differences. Between the two there is some overlap. Now when to apply systems theory (systems thinking) and when to apply...

Adaptive Structuration Theory (AST)

Within organizations and, more specifically, within teams in organizations, there has been little attention paid to artifacts and technologies that support team processes. Fiore and Wiltshire (2016) highlighted that “studies of technology, and the artifacts it helps...