Guimera R, Uzzi B, Spiro J, Amaral LAN :"Team assembly mechanisms determine collaboration network structure and team performance" SCIENCE 308 (5722): 697-702 APR 29 2005

[Eugene Garfield]

LAN Amaral : E-mail Addresses: amaral at northwestern.edu


Title: Team assembly mechanisms determine collaboration network structure
and team performance

Author(s): Guimera R, Uzzi B, Spiro J, Amaral LAN

Source: SCIENCE 308 (5722): 697-702 APR 29 2005

Document Type: Article   Language: English
Cited References: 31      Times Cited: 1

Abstract:
Agents in creative enterprises are embedded in networks that inspire,
support, and evaluate their work. Here, we investigate how the mechanisms by
which creative teams self-assemble determine the structure of these
collaboration networks. We propose a model for the self-assembly of creative
teams that has its basis in three parameters: team size, the fraction of
newcomers in new productions, and the tendency of incumbents to repeat
previous collaborations. The model suggests that the emergence of a large
connected community of practitioners can be described as a phase transition.
We find that team assembly mechanisms determine both the structure of the
collaboration network and team performance for teams derived from both
artistic and scientific fields.

Addresses: Amaral LAN (reprint author), Northwestern Univ, Dept Biol & Chem
Engn, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
Northwestern Univ, Dept Biol & Chem Engn, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
Northwestern Univ, JL Kellogg Grad Sch Management, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
Northwestern Univ, Dept Sociol, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
Stanford Univ, Grad Sch Business, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

E-mail Addresses: amaral at northwestern.edu

Publisher: AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE, 1200 NEW YORK AVE, NW,
WASHINGTON, DC 20005 USA

IDS Number: 922BO
ISSN: 0036-8075


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