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    Multiple Team Membership Through Technology

    Investigating A Path Towards Individual & Team Wellbeing


    About MTM at SJSU

    This research aims to integrate scholarly perspectives on teams, management information systems, and human resources, contributing to a richer theoretical understanding of MTM dynamics. The outcomes will contribute to improving workers’ wellbeing and fostering inclusive work environments.

    This project addresses the relationship between multiple team membership (MTM) and wellbeing, crucial for organizational productivity.

    Learn more about the project through the National Research Foundation.

    Let’s Improve MTM Together

    This study examines the impact of participating in various teams on the well-being and performance of both individuals and teams. Our MTM team works with companies to better understand the challenges of managing multiple team memberships and develop practical solutions that support collaboration, wellbeing, and growth. Our team provides accessible business insights designed to help organizations move forward.

    What Does Partnering with Our MTM Team Look Like?

    • Taking part in our study
      • We will conduct 30-minute to 1-hour interviews to help us understand employees’ experiences and the diversity of contexts they navigate in MTM
      • We will send out surveys through Qualtrics to collect individual and team data
    • Our Offering
      • Gain pratical insights and strategies from experts in the business field
        • Understand how to foster wellbeing and positive work environments
        • Delivering our findings to participating organizations through tailored presentations, reports, or an interactive workshop
    • Any Publishing from this research will be anonymized and maintained in complete confidentiality

    Partner with Our Team

    We invite your organization to partner with us in improving our understanding of multiple team membership (MTM). We are collecting data from R&D, development, design teams or teams in similar areas.

    Learn More About Participating

    Please send a message to Elisa.Mattarelli@sjsu.edu to participate.

    Meet The Team

Elisa Mattarelli
Principal Investigator

Sumita Raghuram
Co-Principal Investigator

Learn more about our collaborators

Events

Employees are often required to work on multiple teams simultaneously, a scenario known as Multiple Team Membership (MTM). Research thus far has underscored the double-edged sword of MTM: access to diverse resources, knowledge, and networks, but also increased cognitive overload and stress likely affecting people’s well-being. While current literature provides valuable insights into MTM experiences, it often adopts a narrow lens on inherently multifaceted issues (e.g., many papers are quantitative, rely on correlational methods, and focus on specific aspects of MTM or limited outcomes). This symposium aims to broaden current perspectives on MTM by promoting a multilevel, multimethod, and holistic approach to its study. The papers presented in this symposium deeply investigate the experiences of MTM, proposing innovative methodologies and in-depth analyses across diverse organizational settings and different types of teams.

Sub-Theme 54 of the 2026 European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Rethinking Teamwork in a Fluid and Digital World, was organized by Elisa Mattarelli (San Jose State University), Francesca Bellesia (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia), and Fabiola Bertolotti (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia). Over the course of three days, different angles of looking at teamwork in the modern world were exposed.

Taking place on March 20, 2026, this one-day academic workshop brought together leading scholars and practitioners to examine contemporary changes in work and collaboration with particular attention to the role of technology and AI in shaping individual and team experiences.


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