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However, we do not know if team members\u2019 willingness to disclose their past performance may improve teamwork allocation in projects, thereby increasing business process success while reducing the likelihood of the project failing. We applied a rigorous post-positivist research design using correlation, conditioned correlation, t-tests, and ordinary least squares (OLS) linear regression to test the hypotheses. Controlling established predictors including budget, end user community size, and certification, we found that team members\u2019 willingness to share their past performance evaluations significantly improved project success, increasing explained variance from 9.6% to 18.8%. 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