Meeussen Loes, Delvaux Ellen, Phalet Karen
University of Leuven, Belgium.
Br J Soc Psychol. 2014 Jun;53(2):235-48. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12021. Epub 2013 Jan 14.
This study examines the process of group identity formation through social interaction in real-life work groups, with a focus on achievement values as content of work group identities. Extending research on social identity formation, we examined the process of value convergence as group members negotiate common group goals. Specifically, we predicted that work group members would influence each other's achievement values and that value convergence over time would underlie emergent work group identities and work group performance. Using a fully cross-lagged multilevel design with four repeated measures in 68 work groups, we find that group members' achievement values converge through mutual social influence. Moreover, multilevel polynomial regression analysis reveals that value convergence - rather than group members' initial value fit - longitudinally predicts work group identification and performance.
本研究考察了现实工作团队中通过社会互动形成群体认同的过程，重点关注作为工作团队认同内容的成就价值观。在扩展社会认同形成研究的基础上，我们考察了团队成员协商共同团队目标时的价值趋同过程。具体而言，我们预测工作团队成员会相互影响彼此的成就价值观，并且随着时间推移的价值趋同将构成新兴工作团队认同和工作团队绩效的基础。通过对68个工作团队进行四次重复测量的完全交叉滞后多层次设计，我们发现团队成员的成就价值观通过相互的社会影响而趋同。此外，多层次多项式回归分析表明，价值趋同——而非团队成员的初始价值契合度——在纵向层面上预测了工作团队认同和绩效。
