Title: Antecedents and consequences of team stability on new product development performance
Authors: Ali E. Akgünb and Gary S. Lynna,

In this article the things that contribute to a social aspects of what makes a successful team are research. These things include benefits and consequences of bringing in new people and taking out people from a new product team, goals and goals clarity, and team stability.

Various teams are observed in for this research project. It was found that for the most part when people in a team are taken out or replaced then there is negative disruption. Things that needed to get done are not done as quickly and efficiently as before and there is a certain amount of time needed in order to recoup. However, in some events replacing members in a team is a good thing. This is only the case when the person coming in provides something new and more efficient than the person that left, such as a new way to look at things that makes future things move smoother.

When a person leaves a team and is replaced by another often times that person is not readily accepted. This slows down all process within a team because that new person is having much of their work over scrutinized. In order for things to function normally again the new team member must be fully accepted through whatever right of passage the team sees as adequate.

It was also found that goal clarity does not directly impact the stability of a team. However, according to the research done in this article, it does have an indirect impact on the team support of the project. And team support of a project has direct correlation with team stability.

In order for companies to maximize their productivity they must ensure that the new team member is well received. Meaning they contribute something more to the team than the member who left did. It is also important to ensure that there are goals and that these goals are clear, while it does not directly effect team stability is effects support. These are all things that need to be ensured when disrupting a team.