Title
An Ising-based approach to the study of inter-organizational team dynamics
Abstract
In this paper inter-organizational teams are analyzed using the social network perspective, identifying three types of networks, i.e., the hierarchical, the knowledge, and the friendship ones. The main team dynamic concerning how team members change opinions is investigated by employing the Ising model of social interactions, with the aim of investigating the team performance in terms of conflict reduction and final level of agreement. A simulation analysis is carried out to assess the effect of the environment as well as of the team size, the density, and the connectivity of the social networks, on team performance. Results confirm that the team size, the network density and a random connectivity positively impact team performance, while environmental turbulence negatively affects the team performance.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058830
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
Keywords
Field
DocType
team working,Ising-based approach,conflict reduction,environmental turbulence,inter-organizational team dynamics,network density,network perspective,random connectivity,social interactions,team density,team members,team performance,team size,Ising model,inter-organizational team,social networks
Social network,Friendship,Knowledge management,Network density,Ising model,Engineering,Team working
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2157-3611
0
0.34
References 
Authors
2
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ilaria Giannoccaro19710.37
Ilario De Vincenzo200.34
Giuseppe Carbone36120.81