{
  "title": "Team performance: does working better across boundaries matter?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/performance-equipe-coordonner-au-dela-des-frontieres-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-01-29",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "A team can function well internally yet remain blocked by external dependencies. Research suggests examining what its relationships accomplish, rather than how many it has.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Team Performance",
  "place": {
    "name": "Basel",
    "region": "Bâle-Ville",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Deborah G."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Finding a contact is not enough",
      "point": "Morten T."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that a high-performing team should multiply its contacts and cross-functional meetings."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot specify",
      "point": "These studies draw on observations in organisational settings, rather than experiments randomly assigning ways of cooperating to teams."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Bâle",
      "point": "Within SHR's « Performance d'équipe » programme, one possible exercise in Basel is to track the external dependencies of a pharmaceutical or life sciences project involving international R&D and Rhine logistics."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Caldwell",
      "year": "1992",
      "source": "Administrative Science Quarterly"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Hansen",
      "year": "1999",
      "source": "Administrative Science Quarterly"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 396,
  "image": "https://www.shr.swiss/img/blog-editorial-2026-01-29-en.jpg?v=4",
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  },
  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation/performance-equipe/bale",
    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/bale",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}