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We are seeking published or unpublished studies for a meta-analysis on team viability. We are defining team viability broadly including measures of a team's future sustainability and growth, or desire or capability to work together in the future (Bell & Marentette, 2011; Hackman 1987). We are also interested in other conceptualizations of team viability to ensure we have a complete and accurate picture of the state of research on this construct. We encourage you to send us whatever you feel is relevant.

We are especially interested in unpublished manuscripts, dissertations, theses, conference papers, or raw data that concern team viability but may not appear in a journal search. We have conducted a thorough review of the literature, but please feel free to point us towards any published work that meets the criteria above to ensure it has been identified.

Please share working versions of papers or the following information to justinerockwood@ou.edu:

1. A full correlation matrix of all variables measured in the study
2. Description of each measure for each variable included in the correlation matrix (e.g., reliabilities, rating sources, scale anchors; if possible, please provide the measure source or items)
3. The sample size (N), number of teams, and a description of the participants (e.g. gender, age, occupation) and research context (e.g., location, nationality, industry)
4. Any other information you believe may be useful for us to include the data set in our analysis.
5. If there is preferred way for us to cite you work, please let us know as well.

We appreciate your consideration of this request and please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

We request responses by August 6th. 

Bell, S. T., & Marentette, B. J. (2011). Team viability for long-term and ongoing organizational teams. Organizational Psychology Review, 1(4), 275–292. https://doi.org/10.1177/2041386611405876

Hackman, J. R. (1987). The design of work teams. In J. W. Lorsch (Ed.), Handbook of organizational behavior (pp. 315–342). Prentice Hall.