Meeting effectiveness and task performance: meeting size matters
| Autor: | Nicole Landowski, Jiajin Tong, Joseph A. Allen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
05 social sciences Applied psychology General Engineering 050109 social psychology Survey research Moderation Design characteristics Task (project management) 0502 economics and business Employee engagement Business Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Common-method variance Psychology Path analysis (computing) 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Management Development. 40:339-351 |
| ISSN: | 0262-1711 |
| Popis: | PurposeThe purpose of this study was to investigate how a key meeting design characteristic, meeting size, affects the relationship between meeting effectiveness and task performance through employee engagement.Design/methodology/approachA three-wave time-lagged survey design was used to gather data concerning meeting experiences from employees for statistical model testing.FindingsUsing a moderated mediated path analysis, we found that effective meetings only translated into end-of-the-day task performance through engagement when the meeting size was small.Research limitations/implicationsAlthough much research supports the current findings related to group size and meetings, meeting science has not investigated meeting design characteristics as levers to be pulled to enhance or detract from both meeting outcomes and organizationally desired outcomes. The findings, though are limited, due to potential common method bias, which was limited using methodological and statistical processes.Practical implicationsManagers and meeting attendees should consider how to maintain relatively small meeting size when possible so as to maximize both engagement and performance.Originality/valueThe current study is one of the few to look at meeting size directly as a moderator and helps demonstrate, once again, the importance of effectively designing meetings for success. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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