ABSTRACT
In the present chapter, team interdependence (or “teamness”) is conceptualized and operationalized in terms of team-relatedness and team work ow. Team-relatedness represents the extent to which successful team performance requires the individual to work with members of the team to optimally perform the speci ed task or job. In this sense, team-relatedness can be conceptualized as representing the amount or magnitude of team interdependence or teamness. Conversely, team work ow represents the paths by which work and/or information ows through the team to optimally perform the speci ed tasks or job. us, in contrast to team-relatedness, team work ow is best conceptualized as representing or describing the type, kind, or form of team interdependence or teamness. A third metric, which we describe as the team-task-ratio, represents the ratio of the total number of tasks that constitute the job to the number of tasks that can be accomplished by one team member. is, like team-relatedness, also represents the amount or magnitude of team interdependence. ese three metrics can be used to empirically and quantitatively represent the
extent to which either a task or job is team-based (Arthur et al., 2005, in press-b). In this chapter, consistent with Baker and Salas (1997), our working de nition of a team is two or more individuals who work interdependently, have speci c role assignments, perform speci c tasks, and interact and coordinate to achieve a common goal.
