Categories : *Human Performance
Being a Team Player Can Improve Your Own Performance
Researchers find that employees who make certain contributions to their teams may also see an improvement in their own individual job performance.
Categories : *Harvard Business Review
Getting the Most Out of Informal Employee Networks
Harvard Business Review explains how management can help facilitate informal employee networks.
Categories : *Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Process
Why Experience Helps Employees Be More Creative
Researchers discover whether experience helps employees be more creative.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
When Will Coworkers Trust Each Other?
Researchers investigate how trust forms between coworkers, comparing those who work with each other virtually versus those who work in the same location.
Categories : *Leadership Quarterly
Virtual Leadership Is Not the Same as Face-to-Face Leadership
Research reveals a major difference between in-person leadership and virtual leadership, specifically in regards to transformational leaders.
Categories : *Small Group Research Teams
Does Size Matter For Workgroup Effectiveness?
Topic: Teams Publication: Small Group Research Article: Group size, group development, and group productivity. Author: S.A. Wheelan Featured by: Lit Digger When it comes to workgroup teams, YES! You have already probably noticed that working in larger groups often means less cohesiveness and less participation from group members, and often the opportunity for more free-riding. But have you ever wondered if group size matters?
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology Personality Teams
Beware of trait dominance in groups: Those people may be full of hot air!
Topic: Personality, Teams Publication: Journal of Applied Psychology Article: Why do dominant personalities attain influence in face-to-face groups? The competence-signaling effects of trait dominance.). Why do dominant personalities attain influence in face-to-face groups? The competence-signaling effects of trait dominance. Author: C. Anderson, G. Kilduff Featured by: LitDigger While attitudes towards group projects run the
Categories : *Academy of Management Organizational Performance Teams
Arranging the Top Dogs for Maximum Effectiveness
Topic: Teams, Organizational Performance Publication: The Academy of Management Journal Article: Top management team functional background diversity and firm performance. Blogger: Benjamin Granger A key factor that can have a direct effect on an organization’s overall performance is the composition of its top managers. Teams of top leaders are commonly referred to as top management teams (TMT), and researchers have investigated how various aspects of an organization’s TMT effect
Categories : *Journal of Management Teams
Ten Years of Team Goodness
Topic: Teams Publication: Journal of Management Article: Team effectiveness 1997-2007: A review of recent advancements and a glimpse into the future (#34, 2008). Blogger: Rob Stilson In 1997, Cohen and Bailey assessed all research that had been done with teams up to that point. From that article, Cohen and Bailey recommended breaking
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology Teams
Before You Give Me A Hand, Be Sure I Need It
Topic: Teams Publication: The Journal of Applied Psychology (2008) Article: Harmful help: the costs of backing-up behavior in teams. Blogger: Rob Stilson Warning! The findings of this study have the potential to blow your mind if you follow research on teams. OK, maybe not “The Matrix blow your mind,” but I