Team Spirit

Toward greater performance of the group

by Katerina Bezrukova Ph.D.

Uptons, Faultlines, and Team Chemistry

Egos, moodiness, and talent: Mixing the brew for team performance Read More

Guns & Groups: Technology to the Rescue?

Could retinal recognition technology have prevented the Newton tragedy? Read More

Teams, Elections, and Political Debates

Politics, fault lines, and presidential debates: Can group faultlines help us understand it all? Read More

The Real Value of College: It Takes a Team (in a Room)?

What are the implications of a two-tiered future of academia where more students learn virtually with relatively fewer residing on campuses? Read More

The Rutgers-Rowan Merger: Can You Make a Faultline Go Away?

We've all heard about corporations merging, but how about universities? What if they are very different; say one is a research-oriented school over 200 years old, another is a teaching school that became a university less than 20 years ago. Read More

Is Mitt Romney Concerned About Me?

"I'm not concerned about the very poor..." What did Mitt Romney really mean when he said this and who is he talking about? While this supposed gaffe is getting a lot of attention, its an open question as to what effect such a comment will have on his chances of winning the Republican nomination and besting President Obama in November. Read More

The Default of Faultlines: The US Debt Ceiling, Creativity, and Performance

The big news story all year has been about lack of agreement- our government appears paralyzed by a dysfunctional congress (as President Obama has called it) to come up with any solution to solve the US budget problem. We saw the drama play out earlier this year with the debt ceiling showdown and now with the payroll tax dilemma. Read More