We have included the e-reserve reading, "'Banana Time': Job Satisfaction and Informal Interaction" even though it is somewhat dated because it provides a perspective on team behaviors that is seldom duplicated. The author when conducting his research was embedded as a member of the team. He was not deceptive about his role and used the observations to which he was privy to write the paper.

On the other hand, the paper suffers from words that, although common in 1959, are no longer acceptable in American culture. References to African Americans, Woman and other groups will certainly attract your attention and in most cases give offense. We do believe that the educational value of the paper (and the fact that its research method provides a unique perspective on group behavior) is sufficiently great to retain it in the class; however, we acknowledge its antiquated language would never be appropriate if written today.