A computational modeling approach to organizational effectiveness: Mapping the effects of leadership, group structure, and environmental shocks

This project develops and tests new theory on team and multiteam leadership, team composition, and adaptability to environmental shocks, with a specific emphasis on team and multiteam processes. The vast majority of organizational research and theory is based on limited sampling strategies (i.e., single organizational samples) that constrain variance and static research designs (i.e., cross-sectional data) which fail to capture processes directly. In this project, we are using agent-based modeling to develop a flexible and generalizable computational theory of team and multiteam system effectiveness that can be used to advance and test theory. Simulations conducted with the model will be used to identify critical leverage points for personnel practices (e.g., selection, training, organizational design) and future empirical research aimed at improving organizational effectiveness.