The organizational team is ubiquitous and membership therein has far-reaching effects on cognition, dynamics, processes, and performance. Typically considered straightforward and unambiguous, in this study I suggest that team members' models of team membership are socially-constructed and ndash;...

The dynamism, competitiveness, and scope of work forces organizations to utilize teams with boundaries that are fluid, overlapping, and often disagreed upon. These traits – which I argue are frequently not reflected in the way in which we characterize teams in our thinking and theorizing –...