Work teams that break off into smaller subgroups are less likely to want to work together on future projects shows a recent report from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The study, conducted with more than 1,000 real project teams at 65 colleges or universities, has implications for workplace productivity.
Team members in the study answered questions about whether they sensed tension and conflict within their group. Subgroups appeared in more than one in eight of the teams that were studied.