Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-422) and indexes.

Teams in organizations : facts and myths -- Performance and productivity : team performance criteria and threats to productivity -- Rewarding teamwork : compensation and performance appraisals -- Designing the team : tasks, people, and processes -- Team identity, emotion, and development -- Sharpening the team mind : communication and collective intelligence -- Team decision making : pitfalls and solutions -- Conflict in teams : leveraging differences to create opportunity -- Creativity : mastering strategies for high performance -- Networking, social capital, and integrating across teams -- Leadership : managing the paradox -- Interteam relations : competition and cooperation -- Teamwork via information technology : teaming across distance and culture.