Multiple Team Membership Theory

Surveys estimate that 65 to 95 percent of knowledge workers across a wide range of industries
and occupations in the United States and Europe are members of more than one project
team at a time.




Organizations use multiple team membership to enhance individual and team productivity
and learning. There are problems in this structure. But carefully balancing the
number and variety of team memberships can enhance both productivity and learning.

Hence the theory of multiple team membership.




Multiple Team Membership: A Theoretical Model of its Effects on Productivity and Learning for Individuals and Teams.

By: O'leary, Michael Boyer; Mortensen, Mark; Woolley, Anita Williams. Academy of Management Review. Jul2011, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p461-478.