A team is a group of people who work in tandem to achieve a common outcome (Chatfield, 2011). A common type of team found in the workplace is the self-managing team (SMT). A self-managing team allows employees to manage the day-to-day functions, operations, and tasks of a specific work area with little or no oversight or supervisory intervention. In other words, it is an autonomous unit (Williams, 2011). For example, self-managing teams manage work direction, work assignments, problem solving, and handle all decision-making aspects of the job (Silverman, 1996). Additionally, companies that have used SMTs report increased productivity and quality, increased employee morale, creativity, job satisfaction, and decreased absenteeism (Silverman, 1996). Additionally, a 1990 study by Cohen (1993) found that 47% of Fortune 1000 companies used SMT with some of their workforce. In two years the number of SMTs increased to sixty percent. Therefore, the prevalence of SMTs in organizations may contribute to its tangible results. In the case of C&S Wholesale Grocers...