Strong adaptability/flexibility skills are demonstrated by team members who

• Provide assistance
• Reallocate tasks
• Provide/Accept feedback
• Monitor/Adjust performance

Core Knowledge Competencies. Regarding the core knowledge competencies, team members must know how and when to use the teamwork skills listed above. Therefore, team knowledge competencies include knowing how to communicate with other team members, how to interact and resolve conflicts, how to plan and make team decisions, and how to adapt and provide assistance to other team members. Such knowledge enables individuals to execute critical teamwork skills and function effectively in a team environment.

The core team knowledge competencies identified above are considered as prerequisites to skill execution. These knowledge competencies are critical components of each team skill (i.e., they comprise the knowledge part of the skill). We present them separately to distinguish what we believe are two critical facets of teamwork: knowing what to do in a team versus doing it. Although the ALL measure focuses on the behavioral alternatives respondents choose in team situations, we believe that knowledge competencies, as defined, are directly related to team member skills and to the level of teamwork achieved.

Core Attitude Competencies. Finally, two attitude competencies were identified: Belief in the Importance of Teamwork and Collective Orientation. These attitudes are brought to the team setting by individuals and can influence the nature of teamwork within a team. As Driskell and Salas (1992) point out, individuals who tend to possess positive attitudes toward teamwork are most likely to take advantage of the benefits teamwork has to offer. Such individuals believe a team approach is better than an individual one; compared to individually-oriented team members, they are better at taking another team member's behavior into account. Each attitude competency is briefly defined below.

Belief in the Importance of Teamwork is defined as the belief that teamwork is critical for successful performance of team tasks.

Collective Orientation is defined as an attraction to, or desire to be part of, a team.