Computational Methods to Examine Team Communication: When and How to Change the Conversation (Computational Social Sciences)

The primary focus of this book is an examination of longitudinal team communication and its impact on team performance.  This theoretically-grounded, holistic examination of team communication includes cross-condition comparisons of team (i.e., distributed/in person, unrestricted/time pressured, two performance episodes) and employs multiple quantitative methodological approaches to examine the phenomena of interest.

This book simultaneously provides practical content for researchers and practitioners in the social sciences and humanities. Included are step-by-step instructions for the methodologies employed, and distillations of findings via Managerial Minutes that highlight best practices and/or examples to help enhance team communication in practice.

Sara McComb is a Professor at Purdue University with a joint appointment in Nursing and Industrial Engineering.  She has over 20 years experience studying team communication and cognition; has garnered over $2.7M in external funding from agencies including the National Science Foundation and Office of Naval Research; and published in top journals including the Journal of Applied Psychology, Human Factors and the Journal of Advanced Nursing. Her research focuses on understanding how communication and cognition impact team processes and performance.

Deanna M. Kennedy is an Associate Professor at the University of Washington Bothell in the School of Business. Her research addresses the application of project management through the study of team interactions and showcases a variety of methodological approaches in the team researcher toolkit. Her work has been funded by the Army Research Office and NASA and published in such journals as Journal of Applied Psychology, European Journal of Operational Research, and Decision Sciences.