This paper explores the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a teammate in human-AI teams (HAT) within organizational settings. It investigates the characteristics that make an AI an ideal team member and how these characteristics can enhance team functioning, according to AI experts. Building on individual and team characteristics of human teams, like personality, composition, and team roles, these concepts are extended to HATs. Utilizing a qualitative methodology, interviews with AI experts from various disciplines were conducted to gather diverse perspectives on the design of and interaction with AI in team settings. Preliminary findings indicate three key factors shaping an ideal AI teammate: AI agent features (e.g., medium of communication), AI agent capabilities (e.g., making suggestions), and team characteristics (e.g., trust). The study highlights the unique aspects of AI in teams, such as emotion perception and moral values, and suggests that AI teammate characteristics should be further explored in various contexts. This paper contributes to the understanding of AI integration in teams, emphasizing the need for tailored AI teammate characteristics to enhance team collaboration and effectiveness in organizational contexts.
