When Does Teamwork Translate Into Improved Team Performance? A Resource Allocation Perspective

Autor:	Christopher O. L. H. Porter, Celile Itir Gogus, Race Chien-Feng Yu
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Legitimacy of need Teamwork Process management Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Perspective (graphical) Workload Teams Social group Performance monitoring Resource allocation Work teams Psychology Social psychology Backing up behavior Applied Psychology media_common
Zdroj:	Small Group Research
ISSN:	1552-8278 1046-4964
DOI:	10.1177/1046496409356319
Popis:	Drawing on resource allocation theory, the authors examined boundary conditions for the positive effects of two aspects of teamwork (backing up behavior and performance monitoring) on team performance. Participants were 276 undergraduate business students who were organized into 69 teams and who worked on a computer simulation across multiple performance episodes. Approximately half the teams experienced a workload distribution problem. Results indicated that performance monitoring had positive effects on team performance when teams experienced a workload distribution problem. Backing up behavior had positive effects only when teams had both a workload distribution problem and during early performance episodes. The findings of this study suggest that resource allocation theory can provide insights regarding when members should devote and coordinate their own individual resources to assist others in teams. The implications of these findings for future theory and practice regarding teamwork are discussed. © The Author(s) 2010.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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