RT Journal Article
T1 There is light and there is darkness: On the temporal dynamics of cohesion, coordination, and performance in business teams
A1 Marques Quinteiro, Pedro
A1 Rico, Ramón
A1 Passos, Ana M.
A1 Curral, Luis
AB This study examines teams as complex adaptive systems (tCAS) and uses latent growth curve modeling to test team cohesion as an initial condition conducive to team performance over time and the mediational effect of team coordination on this relationship. After analyzing 158 teams enrolled in a business game simulation over five consecutive weeks, we found that change in team coordination was best described by a continuous linear change model, while change in team performance was best described by a continuous nonlinear change model; and the mediation latent growth curve model revealed a negative indirect effect of team cohesion on the level of changein team performance over time, through the level of change in team coordination. This study contributes to the science of teams by combining the notions of initial conditions with co-evolving team dynamics, hence creating a more refined temporal approach to understanding team functioning.
PB Frontiers
SN 1664-1078
YR 2019
FD 2019-04
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/38332
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/38332
LA eng
NO This work was partially supported by a grant from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology under grant No. SFRH/BD/77614/2011; William James Center for Research, ISPA - Instituto Universitário was supported by the FCT Grant No. UID/PSI/04810/2013.
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