Anita Williams Woolley

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Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior & Theory

Teaching and Research Interests:

• Collaborative analysis and problem-solving in teams; collective intelligence; managing multiple team memberships.

Published Papers: 

• Putting First Things First: Outcome and Process Focus in Knowledge Work Teams
  Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2009.
  
  
• Manifesting the Value of Cognitive Diversity in Teams: The Critical Role of Emergent Interdependence
  Research on Managing Groups and Teams: Groups and Diversity 9, 2008.
  (With: H. Caruso)
  
  
• Bringing in the Experts: How Team Composition and Work Strategy Jointly Shape Analytic Effectiveness
  Small Group Research, 2008.
  (With: M Gerbasi, C Chabris, S. Kossly, J. Hackman)
  
  
• Means versus Ends: Implications of Outcome and Process Focus for Team Adaptation and Performance
  Organization Science, Forthcoming.
  
  
• Using Brain-Based Measures to Compose Teams: How Individual Capabilities and Team Collaboration Strategies Jointly Shape Performance
  Social Neuroscience, 2007.
  (With: J. Hackman, T. Jerde, C Chabris, S. Bennett, S. Kossly)
  
  
• Effects of Intervention Content and Timing on Group Task Performance
  Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 1998.
  
  

Working Papers: 

• Why is it easier to be the bad guys? The effects of strategic orientation on team process in competitive environments
  October, 2009.
  
  
• OFFENSIVE VS. DEFENSIVE STRATEGIC ORIENTATION AND COLLECTIVE INFORMATION PROCESSING IN TEAMS
  August, 2009.
  
  
• Multiple Team Membership: A Theoretical Model of Its Effects on Productivity and Learning for Individuals, Teams, and Organizations
  June, 2009.
  (With: Michael Boyer O'Leary, Mark Mortensen)
  
  
• Which side are you on? How offensive and defensive strategic orientation impact task focus and information search in teams
  May, 2009.
  
  

Awards:

• Faculty Giving Chair - 2009-2010
• Berkman Faculty Development Grant - 2009

Courses Taught:

• Organizational Behavior (70-311)
  (BSBA Program)
  • 2009, Spring (Section: A)
  • 2009, Spring (Section: B)