title: Team assembly mechanisms determine collaboration network structure and team performance.
abstract: Agents in creative enterprises are embedded in networks that inspire, support, and evaluate their work. Here, we investigate how the mechanisms by which creative teams self-assemble determine the structure of these collaboration networks. We propose a model for the self-assembly of creative teams that has its basis in three parameters: team size, the fraction of newcomers in new productions, and the tendency of incumbents to repeat previous collaborations. The model suggests that the emergence of a large connected community of practitioners can be described as a phase transition. We find that team assembly mechanisms determine both the structure of the collaboration network and team performance for teams derived from both artistic and scientific fields.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guimerà
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Uzzi
authors.forename: Jarrett
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spiro
authors.forename: Luís A Nunes
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Amaral
mesh_terms: D055580:Astronomical Phenomena; D001256:Astronomy; D001519:Behavior; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003405:Creativity; D004324:Drama; D004463:Ecology; D004467:Economics; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009146:Music; D011593:Psychology, Social; D011643:Publishing; D012106:Research