. Among the key findings are that 1) full participation of all team members is considered necessary for MDC teams to function effectively, although status differences among team members may depress team functioning (26,28); 2) teams with shared egalitarian values tend to work together effectively, leading to improved team performance, although value structures and the degree of meritocracy at team formation influence performance (18); and 3) team coordination improves team performance, but this effect can be diluted or mitigated by the emergence of conflict (29).