Teams in Time and Space: Capturing the Dynamic Nature of Team Process through a Bibliometric Investigation

Capturing the dynamic nature of team processes remains a major challenge in current research. To shed light on this issue, we revisit the original theoretical foundations of team processes to trace their evolution through recent research streams. This approach enables us to highlight obstacles to understanding their dynamics, as well as emerging avenues to overcome these challenges. By combining a bibliometric approach with grounded theory, we map three classical schools of thought based on recurring co-citation clusters and analyze their transversal dimensions: temporality, multidimensionality, and the cognition–affect–behavior triad. We then examine the evolution of these dimensions through an analysis of bibliographic coupling in recent studies, identifying novel drivers such as diversity, leadership, and the impact of extreme circumstances that enrich our understanding of team processes. Finally, we highlight innovative cross-cutting methodological approaches that offer promising perspectives for future discoveries.