Department of Psychology, University of Calgary.
Bissett School of Business, Department of General Management and Human Resources, Mount Royal University.
J Appl Psychol. 2020 Oct;105(10):1145-1163. doi: 10.1037/apl0000479. Epub 2020 Jan 27.
Although team effectiveness research has advanced our understanding of team processes, much of this research has been based on static methodologies, despite the recognition that team processes change over time. Thus, the purpose of this article is to advance the team dynamics literature by developing and testing a theoretical account of team engagement in processes toward a deadline. We theorize about team process trajectories, which we suggest is the form of process change over time (i.e., pattern of increase/decrease). Further, we identify a key driver of process trajectories and consider the implications of trajectories for team performance. Results from a series of linear multilevel latent growth models suggested that teams' engagement in strategy and planning, monitoring goal progress, and cooperative conflict management (cf. Marks, Mathieu, & Zaccaro, 2001) increased over time toward a deadline, and that steeper increases tended to be positively related to team performance. Finally, achievement-striving was found to be an important within-team factor driving team-specific process trajectories and was indirectly related to performance. This study provides new theoretical insights with respect to how teams engage in processes toward a deadline, along with team achievement-striving as a compositional input, and the performance implications of team process trajectories. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
尽管团队有效性研究已经提高了我们对团队过程的理解，但其中许多研究都是基于静态方法学的，尽管人们已经认识到团队过程会随时间而变化。因此，本文的目的是通过开发和测试一个关于团队在截止日期前的进程中的参与度的理论解释来推进团队动态学的文献。我们对团队过程轨迹进行了理论探讨，我们认为这是随着时间的推移（即，增加/减少的模式）的过程变化的形式。此外，我们确定了过程轨迹的一个关键驱动因素，并考虑了轨迹对团队绩效的影响。一系列线性多层潜在增长模型的结果表明，团队在战略和计划制定、监测目标进展以及合作性冲突管理方面的参与度（参照 Marks、Mathieu 和 Zaccaro，2001）随着时间的推移逐渐向截止日期逼近，而更陡峭的增长趋势往往与团队绩效呈正相关。最后，成就追求被发现是一个重要的团队内因素，它推动了特定团队的过程轨迹，并间接地与绩效相关。本研究提供了新的理论见解，说明团队如何在截止日期前参与进程，以及团队的成就追求作为一种组合投入，以及团队过程轨迹对绩效的影响。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。
