The Effects of Interaction Styles, Expertise and Personality on Project Team Performance

The study of team performance and the variables affecting team work success has been well documented in the information systems literature. Previous research indicates that expertise, extraversion, and group interaction styles influence successful outcomes in tasks involving work teams. However, there is very little published research on the effects of these variables on team performance in database design teams. The goal of this research is to investigate how a personality trait, and individual expertise affects how teams interact, and how that interaction leads to different levels of team performance in the database design process.