Hello Seniors,
I am trying to find, what was already asked (but answered mostly from the husband and wife's perspective) and now trying to find the impact on the other members in the team and the team's synergy.
In spite of having an organization policy not to have both husband and wife in the same team:
We are having a team of ten people and of which, three couples are working in the same team and manager is a spouse to one of the team members. I am one of the remaining four people.
From personal experience, it is affecting the work atmosphere, of which communication (between the team members) the most and continuous prejudices and resentment in the team members.
Also, as discussed, we already noticed the concerns of combined leave, one spouse backing up other (in good and bad ways).
I am trying to find out broader opinion on this subject from the experts.
Please advise:
1. Is it advisable team configuration of having several married couples in the same team?
2. If there any academic references/white papers on this subject, please share.
3. What are the remedies/corrective action to make the existing team to jell more and increase the synergy?
Thanks in advance.
p.s: There was an old (closed) discussion on this forum about the same topic, but I'm not able to paste the link due to restriction on new members sharing links.
I am trying to find, what was already asked (but answered mostly from the husband and wife's perspective) and now trying to find the impact on the other members in the team and the team's synergy.
In spite of having an organization policy not to have both husband and wife in the same team:
We are having a team of ten people and of which, three couples are working in the same team and manager is a spouse to one of the team members. I am one of the remaining four people.
From personal experience, it is affecting the work atmosphere, of which communication (between the team members) the most and continuous prejudices and resentment in the team members.
Also, as discussed, we already noticed the concerns of combined leave, one spouse backing up other (in good and bad ways).
I am trying to find out broader opinion on this subject from the experts.
Please advise:
1. Is it advisable team configuration of having several married couples in the same team?
2. If there any academic references/white papers on this subject, please share.
3. What are the remedies/corrective action to make the existing team to jell more and increase the synergy?
Thanks in advance.
p.s: There was an old (closed) discussion on this forum about the same topic, but I'm not able to paste the link due to restriction on new members sharing links.