The teams competency includes the knowledge, skills, and abilities to develop, support, facilitate, and lead groups to achieve organizational goals.
Individualism creates uneasiness over the use of teams or groups in organizations.
In collectivist cultures, the use of teams by organizations is a natural extension of cultural values. In collectivist cultures there is a tendency of people to emphasize their belonging to groups and to look after each other in exchange for loyalty.
However, in individualistic cultures, the use of teams by organizations does not come as naturally. In individualistic cultures there is a tendency of people to look after themselves and their immediate families.
In a collectivist culture, individual employees seek to fit into the team. In individualistic cultures, employees seek to stand out from the team.