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Interestingly, I've been reading the book "Quiet" by Susan Cain recently, and I do find her explanation on how traits like "team player" and communication/collaboration became so engrained in the corporate world - even in jobs and settings where such social interactions aren't essential - quite plausible. She calls this as an obsession with the "extraversion ideal", and how this could become a problem in the working world.
Sounds interesting. Reminds me a lot on how oil & gas industry used to emphasise "leadership traits" a lot during interviews. In the end all they get are engineers who can just talk well but outsource the actual work to outside companies.
It's a very interesting read for sure - her book is on the topic of introversion (vs extraversion) in particular, and she has a TED talk on this topic from which you can get an idea of what she talks about in the book if you're interested. In fact your example of the engineers is one of the problems she pointed out in the book - in how the world often falls into the trap of prioritising traits, like how well a person can talk/present/sell themselves or how good one works in a group, over the actual substance of a person.