Abstract
As a result of the increasing number of IoT systems in industrial organizations, the way teams are
composed is changing. Specifically, collaborative forms in various working environments are subject
to transformation, fostering unstable membership within teams (i.e., fluid teams). To investigate the
relationship between IoT implementation and the prevalence of fluid teams, we conducted an
experimental vignette study (N = 1,001). Our results indicate that (1) the degree of IoT
implementation has a highly significant impact on the utility to create team fluidity and (2) the type of
tasks does not moderate this relationship. Our study provides relevant theoretical implications by
fostering an integrated understanding of the interplay of IoT systems and resulting changes at team
level. Furthermore, we discuss our results through the lens of theory of affordance, focusing on
affordance existence and perception.
