Becoming team players: Team members' mastery of teamwork knowledge as a predictor of team task proficiency and observed teamwork effectiveness

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Hirschfeld, RR; Jordan, MH; Feild, HS; Giles, WF; Armenakis, AA
• 署名单位: University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; United States Department of Defense; United States Air Force; United States Air Force Academy; Auburn University System; Auburn University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.91.2.467
• 发表日期: 2006
• 页码: 467-474
• 关键词: team training; TEAM PERFORMANCE; mental model; multilevel; aggregation

摘要

The authors explored the idea that teams consisting of members who, on average, demonstrate greater mastery of relevant teamwork knowledge will demonstrate greater task proficiency and observed teamwork effectiveness. In particular, the authors posited that team members' mastery of designated teamwork knowledge predicts better team task proficiency and higher observer ratings of effective teamwork, even while controlling for team task proficiency. The authors investigated these hypotheses by developing a structural model and testing it with field data from 92 teams (1,158 team members) in a United States Air Force officer development program focusing on a transportable set of teamwork competencies. The authors obtained proficiency scores on 3 different types of team tasks as well as ratings of effective teamwork from observers. The empirical model supported the authors' hypotheses.