BurkeStaglSalaPierce2006

Burke, C.S., Stagl, K.C., Sala, E., Pierce, L. (2006). Understanding Team Adaptation: A Conceptual Analysis and Model. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91(6), 1189-1207.

This endeavor provides a multidisciplinary, multilevel, and multiphasic conceptualization of team adaptation with theoretical roots in the cognitive, human factors, and industrial– organizational psychology literature. Team adaptation and the emergent nature of adaptive team performance are defined from a multilevel, theoretical standpoint. An input–throughput– output model is advanced to illustrate a series of phases unfolding over time that constitute the core processes and emergent states underlying adaptive team performance and contributing to team adaptation. The cross-level mixed-determinants model highlights team adaptation in a nomological network of lawful relations. Testable propositions, practical implications, and directions for further research in this area are also advanced.