Theories of Team Cognition

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Time and Team Cognition: Toward Greater Integration of Temporal Dynamics^*

Susan Mohammed, Rachel Tesler and Katherine Hamilton

Since the early 1990s, there has been an exciting proliferation of team cognition research across disciplinary boundaries. Team cognition is a broad term referring to the collective cognitions of a group (Tindale, Meisenhelder, Dykema-Engblade, & Hogg, 2001). In delineating the potential benefits of team cognition, Cannon-Bowers and Salas (2001) noted its role as an explanatory mechanism in distinguishing between effective and ineffective teams, its ability to predict team preparedness, and its diagnostic value in surfacing team problems and identifying points for intervention. Empirical research has gleaned support ...