USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Interdependence is defined as the extent to which team members work collectively, affect and are affected by others (Campion et al. 1993; Johnson and Johnson 1989; Stewart and Barrick 2000; Wageman 2001). There are three main components of team interdependence: task, goal, and outcome interdependence.

Detailed explanation-2: -The organizational theorist James Thompson identified three types of task interdependence that can be used to design your team: pooled, sequential, and reciprocal. In pooled interdependence, the team accomplishes its tasks simply by combining everyone’s separate efforts.

Detailed explanation-3: -Individuals playing baseball are dependent upon each other to be able to play the game and also to play well. Each individual must do his or her job in order for the group to function. We are also interdependent when we work together to write a research article or create a class project.

Detailed explanation-4: -’Social interdependence’ exists when individuals share common goals and each individual’s outcomes are affected by the actions of the others (Deutsch 1962, Johnson and Johnson 1989).