Facet Personality and Surface-Level Diversity as Team Mental Model Antecedents: Implications for Implicit Coordination

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Fisher, David M.; Bell, Suzanne T.; Dierdorff, Erich C.; Belohlav, James A.
• 署名单位: DePaul University; DePaul University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/a0027851
• 发表日期: 2012
• 页码: 825-841
• 关键词: team mental models; TEAM COGNITION; shared cognition; TEAM COMPOSITION; implicit coordination

摘要

Team mental models (TMMs) have received much attention as important drivers of effective team processes and performance. Less is known about the factors that give rise to these shared cognitive structures. We examined potential antecedents of TMMs, with a specific focus on team composition variables, including various facets of personality and surface-level diversity. Further, we examined implicit coordination as an important outcome of TMMs. Results suggest that team composition in terms of the cooperation facet of agreeableness and racial diversity were significantly related to team-focused TMM similarity. TMM similarity was also positively predictive of implicit coordination, which mediated the relationship between TMM similarity and team performance. Post hoc analyses revealed a significant interaction between the trust facet of agreeableness and racial diversity in predicting TMM similarity. Results are discussed in terms of facilitating the emergence of TMMs and corresponding implications for team-related human resource practices.