Editorial

Citation

Wing, L. (2005), "Editorial", Team Performance Management, Vol. 11 No. 7/8. https://doi.org/10.1108/tpm.2005.13511gaa.002

Editorial

Diversity is a prevailing theme of our time. Better understanding of diversity and its impact on team performance, as well as the implications of diversity for organizing, managing and leading, are themes that have never been more important.

As we come together in a global community, understanding the implications of diversity for the overall performance of our global economic structures will be of critical importance to success. The study of teams at a micro level can continue to inform us about the implications of the complexity and considerations necessary to perform well in diverse groups, while offering a container small enough to get our arms around the issues at hand. Once having some grasp of the issues, researchers can take our research offerings in hand, and deploy them in a larger context of the global economic system.

My thanks to each and every one of you who read, work, study and research in the area of small group performance. As we continue to unveil the mysteries of group performance, these findings will have much to do with the development of systems, processes, as well as training and development of managers and leaders for the global economic structures of the twenty-first century.

The articles in this journal offer research results and general information about diversity and its impact on organizing, the emotional health and well being of team members and its impact on performance, and social capital theory as an explanation of team composition. Diversity rests beneath each of the studies, calling our attention to our own framework of social capital as leaders and managers, and our inclusiveness of difference as practitioners in the workplace. Food for thought.

Linda Wing