In this paper we study the mechanics of ``leading by example'' in teams. Leadership is beneficial for the entire team …

’ choices of teams and whether or not to grant autonomy to team members. One of the main findings is that the typical … establishment enjoys statistically significant increases in labor productivity (but not product quality) from using teams, though … there is no statistically significant difference between the predicted gains from autonomous versus non- autonomous teams. I …

Teamwork in the automotive industry varies significantly from plant to plant. This article compares teamwork in four … automobile plants in Germany and Britain, and addresses two questions: (1) Do different models of teamwork fit into a bi …-polar model of teamwork, being either innovative or structural conservative? (2) Do current models of teamwork signify a …