Research

Peer-Reviewed Publications


Mayo, A.T. (forthcoming). Toward profound simplicity in complex teams research: Insights from healthcare. Small Groups Research.
Mayo, A.T., Woolley, A.W., John, L., Witchel, S.F., March, C. & Nowalk, A. (2025). Coordination in dynamic teams: Investigating a learning-productivity tradeoff. Organization Science, 36(2), 967–992. 
Sackett, E., & Mayo, A.T. (2025). Leveraging expertise in interorganizational collaboration: Exploring the intertwined roles of goal awareness and expertise awareness. Health Care Management Review, 50(4), 327-336.
>> media coverage: Medical Xpress; Bioengineer.org
Woolley, A. W., & Mayo, A. T. (2025). Teams. In D. T. Gilbert, S. T. Fiske, E. J. Finkel, & W. B. Mendes (Eds.), The handbook of social psychology (6th ed.). Situational Press. 
Aggarwal, I., Mayo, A. T., Murase, T., Zhang, E. Y., & Aven, B. L., Woolley, A. W. (2024). Cognitive versatility and adaptation to fluid participation in hospital emergency department teams. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1144638. 
Mayo, A. T., Myers, C.G., Bucuvalas, J.C., Feng, S., & Juliano, C.E. (2023). Supporting robust teamwork—Bridging technology and organization science. New England Journal of Medicine, 388(22), 2019-2021.
>> media coverage: Medical Xpress
Woolley, A.W., Chow, R. M., Mayo, A.T., Riedl, C., & Chang, J.W. (2023). Collective attention and collective intelligence: The role of hierarchy and team gender composition. Organization Science, 34(3), 1315–1331.
>> media coverage: Financial Times
Bransby, D.P., Mayo, A.T., Cronin, M.A., Park, K., & Yuan, C.T. (2023). A systematic review of respect between acute care nurses and physicians. Health Care Management Review, 48(3), 237-248.
Sutcliffe, K. M., Mayo, A. T., Myers, C. M., Barton, M. A., & Szanton, S. L. (2023). Comment on Kunzler et al. (2022) ‘Interventions to foster resilience in nursing staff: a systematic review and meta-analyses of pre-pandemic evidence.’ International Journal of Nursing Studies, 138. 
Mayo, A.T. (2022). Syncing up: A process model of emergent interdependence in dynamic teams. Administrative Science Quarterly, 67(3), 821-864.
Kerrissey, M.J., Mayo, A.T., & Edmondson, A.C. (2021) Joint problem-solving orientation in fluid cross-boundary teams.  Academy of Management Discoveries, 7(3), 381-405.
Mayo, A.T., Myers, C.G., & Sutcliffe, K.M. (2021) Organizational science and health care. Academy of Management Annals, 15(2), 537-576.
Mayo, A.T. & Woolley, A.W. (2021).  Variance in group ability to transform resources into performance, and the role of coordinated attention. Academy of Management Discoveries, 7(2), 225-246.
     >> media coverage: Phys.org
Myers, C.G., Mayo, A.T., Kachalia, A., Polsky, D., & Sutcliffe, K.M. (2021). Covid-19 has made clear why all physicians need to know about the business of healthcare. Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management, 26(2), 51-55. 
Mayo, A.T., Woolley, A.W., & Chow, R.M. (2020). Unpacking participation and influence: Diversity's countervailing effects on expertise use in groups. Academy of Management Discoveries, 6(2), 300-319.
Mayo, A.T. (2020). Teamwork in a pandemic: Insights from management research. BMJ Leader, 4, 53-56 .
Mayo, A.T. & Woolley, A.W. (2016). Teamwork in health care: Maximizing collective intelligence via inclusive collaboration and open communication. American Medical Association Journal of Ethics, 18(9), 933-940.

Working Papers


Mayo, A.T., Diabes, M. A., & Woolley, A.W. Coordinated attention, boundary management, and collective intelligence. 
Rosen, M.A., Wu, J., Mayo, A.T., et al. Team familiarity in surgical teams.

Selected Works In Progress


Team familiarity and the implementation of evidence-based practices (with Jeremy Kahn and Christopher Myers)
Team membership changes and team faultlines (with Ki-Won Haan and Anita Woolley).
Collaboration in complex systems (with Derrick Bransby and Henrik Bresman).
Representational gaps in multidisciplinary teams (with Laurie Weingart, Michal Lehmann, Kristin Behfar, Elizabeth McGuier & Greg Flett).