Teams embedded in organizations -: Some implications

From the early 1980s to the present, organizations have increased their reliance on teams. Over the same time period the amount of traditional small group-team research has decreased. The void has been filled by research that is focused on issues facing task-performing teams embedded in organizations. It is argued here that the organizational perspective has produced research that complements and extends past research on groups and teams, A case is made for differences in orientation between traditional ream research and work aimed specifically at teams in organizations. Implications of these differences are explored.