Pub Date : 2022-09-09DOI: 10.1177/10464964221121801
Rahul Goel, A. Game, Ana Isabel Sanz Vergel
Researchers are increasingly interested in how employee relational processes affect virtual team outcomes. Applying attachment theory and the Job Demands–Resources model, we examined the relationship between employee attachment orientations and work engagement, and the mediating role of collaborative job crafting. In a three-wave longitudinal panel study of 1,178 employees in 225 virtual teams, autoregressive and multilevel structural equation modeling showed direct negative effects of (anxious and avoidant) attachment on work engagement. Indirectly, however, attachment positively influenced engagement, partially mediated by collaborative job crafting. Implications for attachment inclusive practices that support collaborative job crafting and work engagement are discussed.
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Pub Date : 2022-08-26DOI: 10.1177/10464964221116635
Jonali Baruah, Gerald F. Burch, Jana J. Burch
This comprehensive study investigates the role of diverse creativity relevant traits in collaborative innovation. An initial screening with 301 participants evaluated everyone’s dominant creativity skill. In a subsequent session, 50 teams based on their dominant creativity skill participated in a creative idea-generation and selection task either in a homogeneous (all specialized in same creativity domain) or in diverse-skill (each member with unique creativity domain) group. As hypothesized, the diverse-skill groups generated more ideas than the homogeneous original, fluent, and flexible thinkers but not from elaborate thinkers groups. The diverse-skill groups also outperformed the homogeneous original thinkers groups in the originality of ideas generated. Elaboration of ideas mediated the relationship between the quantity and the quality of ideas in both generation and selection phases. The current study extends creativity research by highlighting the importance of a multidimensional approach to creativity in a collaborative context that is controversial in the current literature.
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Pub Date : 2022-08-26DOI: 10.1177/10464964221118674
Karolina Ziembowicz, Agnieszka Rychwalska, Andrzej Nowak
Turn-taking is the most basic sequential process in group interactions. However, few studies have analyzed how turn-taking patterns impact group dynamics and outcomes. Research has shown that turn-taking in group interactions usually takes the form of a dyadic ABA pattern, in which two speakers talk interchangeably. In this paper, we propose that in groups discussing a controversial topic (abortion rights), ABA patterns transmit conflict. It was found that ABA patterns correlate with reciprocal exchanges of contradictory arguments, which, when prolonged, escalate into conflicts marked by heightened negativity, dominance, disagreement, and opinion strength. Content in ABA patterns conveyed later in the conversation becomes more conflictive, compared to non-dyadic ordering. The interacting group members in the ABA pattern were less satisfied with the group, as manifested by a lower level of perceived quality of the discussion, and they gave mutual assessments of influence, dissimilarity, and disagreement.
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Pub Date : 2022-08-25DOI: 10.1177/10464964221117483
Anita L. Blanchard, Andrew G. McBride, B. Ernst
Entitativity is essential for individuals to experience a grouping of people as a “group.” However, entitativity is primarily studied at the individual level. If it is truly a fundamental component of group outcomes and processes, it should be considered a group-level construct. We establish that group members can share entitativity perceptions. We propose that entitativity develops in work and social groups through different self-categorization processes. Social groups can take advantage of top-down processes to establish similarity of goals and characteristics. Workgroups use both top-down and bottom-up processes with differing effects on these two forms of similarity. We propose that shared entitativity affects individual level attitudes and behavior. Results support our theoretical model. Shared entitativity explains between 2% and 11% of outcome variance in workgroups and 3% to 14% of the outcome variance in social groups. Shared similarity relates to shared entitativity differently for social and workgroups. Shared entitativity is theoretically and practically important for successful groups.
{"title":"How Are We Similar? Group Level Entitativity in Work and Social Groups","authors":"Anita L. Blanchard, Andrew G. McBride, B. Ernst","doi":"10.1177/10464964221117483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10464964221117483","url":null,"abstract":"Entitativity is essential for individuals to experience a grouping of people as a “group.” However, entitativity is primarily studied at the individual level. If it is truly a fundamental component of group outcomes and processes, it should be considered a group-level construct. We establish that group members can share entitativity perceptions. We propose that entitativity develops in work and social groups through different self-categorization processes. Social groups can take advantage of top-down processes to establish similarity of goals and characteristics. Workgroups use both top-down and bottom-up processes with differing effects on these two forms of similarity. We propose that shared entitativity affects individual level attitudes and behavior. Results support our theoretical model. Shared entitativity explains between 2% and 11% of outcome variance in workgroups and 3% to 14% of the outcome variance in social groups. Shared similarity relates to shared entitativity differently for social and workgroups. Shared entitativity is theoretically and practically important for successful groups.","PeriodicalId":47912,"journal":{"name":"Small Group Research","volume":"54 1","pages":"369 - 395"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65574094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-24DOI: 10.1177/10464964221116349
A. Scott, William T. Howe, Ryan S. Bisel
High reliability team (HRT) theorizing emerged from high reliability organization (HRO) theory and now represents a distinct subset of HRO literature. Seeking to capture the development and range of HRT research, a comprehensive literature review was conducted. This systematic review of HRT scholarship, the first of its kind, provides a foundation from which small group and team scholars across disciplines may reflect on key lessons and chart future research. This review includes 71 articles across 21 disciplines and incorporates historical reflection on HRT theory foundations, existing empirical support, critiques and rivals, theory extensions, and ideas for future scholarship efforts.
{"title":"Reviewing High Reliability Team (HRT) Scholarship: A 21st Century Approach to Safety","authors":"A. Scott, William T. Howe, Ryan S. Bisel","doi":"10.1177/10464964221116349","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10464964221116349","url":null,"abstract":"High reliability team (HRT) theorizing emerged from high reliability organization (HRO) theory and now represents a distinct subset of HRO literature. Seeking to capture the development and range of HRT research, a comprehensive literature review was conducted. This systematic review of HRT scholarship, the first of its kind, provides a foundation from which small group and team scholars across disciplines may reflect on key lessons and chart future research. This review includes 71 articles across 21 disciplines and incorporates historical reflection on HRT theory foundations, existing empirical support, critiques and rivals, theory extensions, and ideas for future scholarship efforts.","PeriodicalId":47912,"journal":{"name":"Small Group Research","volume":"54 1","pages":"3 - 40"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42374441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-15DOI: 10.1177/10464964221120323
D. Kivlighan, L. M. Swol, Bret Bradley, Bertolt Meyer
The editorial team of Small Group Research invites authors to submit proposals for the 2025 Review Issue. Articles for the Review Issue are high-impact scholarly surveys of important group and team research literatures. They summarize recent research, provide integration across disciplines, emphasize theory, and highlight important directions for future inquiries. The Review Issue is open to all areas of group and team research, including research methods and group-based learning activities. and cross-disciplinary reviews that (a) address critical turning points in the literature in terms of evolving theory, enduring issues where reviews can reveal future areas of attention, levels of analysis issues, or improvements in methodological approaches, and (b) explore the topic, theory, or method across disciplines. Manuscripts by a team of interdisciplinary authors are preferred.
{"title":"CALL FOR PROPOSALS Small Group Research 2025 REVIEW ISSUE","authors":"D. Kivlighan, L. M. Swol, Bret Bradley, Bertolt Meyer","doi":"10.1177/10464964221120323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10464964221120323","url":null,"abstract":"The editorial team of Small Group Research invites authors to submit proposals for the 2025 Review Issue. Articles for the Review Issue are high-impact scholarly surveys of important group and team research literatures. They summarize recent research, provide integration across disciplines, emphasize theory, and highlight important directions for future inquiries. The Review Issue is open to all areas of group and team research, including research methods and group-based learning activities. and cross-disciplinary reviews that (a) address critical turning points in the literature in terms of evolving theory, enduring issues where reviews can reveal future areas of attention, levels of analysis issues, or improvements in methodological approaches, and (b) explore the topic, theory, or method across disciplines. Manuscripts by a team of interdisciplinary authors are preferred.","PeriodicalId":47912,"journal":{"name":"Small Group Research","volume":"53 1","pages":"778 - 781"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48755333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-15DOI: 10.1177/10464964221120321
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Pub Date : 2022-07-15DOI: 10.1177/10464964221110145
Daniel J. Ingels, C. Spitzmueller, Candice L. Thomas, Maryam A. Kazmi, Natalie J. Allen, S. Hysong
Although substantive research examining work teams continues to grow, methodological research examining the collection of team survey data lags behind substantive progress. To address this research gap, we test how individual and team characteristics affect one’s likelihood of completing a team survey. Using multilevel ordinal logistic regression analysis of human resources information systems data and survey responses from 3,403 clinical staff within 900 multidisciplinary healthcare teams, we found that time dedicated to the team, leadership status, and team size relate to response behavior, with differential effects for men and women. We discuss implications for team research in real-world organizational contexts.
{"title":"Team-Member Role Characteristics as Predictors of Response Behavior on Team-Related Surveys","authors":"Daniel J. Ingels, C. Spitzmueller, Candice L. Thomas, Maryam A. Kazmi, Natalie J. Allen, S. Hysong","doi":"10.1177/10464964221110145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10464964221110145","url":null,"abstract":"Although substantive research examining work teams continues to grow, methodological research examining the collection of team survey data lags behind substantive progress. To address this research gap, we test how individual and team characteristics affect one’s likelihood of completing a team survey. Using multilevel ordinal logistic regression analysis of human resources information systems data and survey responses from 3,403 clinical staff within 900 multidisciplinary healthcare teams, we found that time dedicated to the team, leadership status, and team size relate to response behavior, with differential effects for men and women. We discuss implications for team research in real-world organizational contexts.","PeriodicalId":47912,"journal":{"name":"Small Group Research","volume":"54 1","pages":"335 - 368"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47474762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-08DOI: 10.1177/10464964221095545
H. Meijer, J. Brouwer, R. Hoekstra, J. Strijbos
Despite the advance of collaborative learning in higher education, there is a tension between its assessment and the orientation on students’ individual domain-specific abilities (e.g., knowledge and/or skills) of most higher education curricula. We examined the construct and consequential validity of group assessment, individual assessment, and combined assessment of collaborative learning. Findings showed that the construct and consequential validity of these assessment methods can vary widely within and across cohorts. In view of these findings and considering pragmatic and didactic considerations, combined assessment of collaborative learning might be better suited than group assessment and individual assessment of collaborative learning.
{"title":"Exploring Construct and Consequential Validity of Collaborative Learning Assessment in Higher Education","authors":"H. Meijer, J. Brouwer, R. Hoekstra, J. Strijbos","doi":"10.1177/10464964221095545","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10464964221095545","url":null,"abstract":"Despite the advance of collaborative learning in higher education, there is a tension between its assessment and the orientation on students’ individual domain-specific abilities (e.g., knowledge and/or skills) of most higher education curricula. We examined the construct and consequential validity of group assessment, individual assessment, and combined assessment of collaborative learning. Findings showed that the construct and consequential validity of these assessment methods can vary widely within and across cohorts. In view of these findings and considering pragmatic and didactic considerations, combined assessment of collaborative learning might be better suited than group assessment and individual assessment of collaborative learning.","PeriodicalId":47912,"journal":{"name":"Small Group Research","volume":"53 1","pages":"891 - 925"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44866237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-04DOI: 10.1177/10464964221109507
Stefan Razinskas
Their positive potential often diminishes or even turns negative when antecedents of creativity are taken too far. Despite empirical evidence supporting such curvilinear effects on important outcomes of creative work at the individual and team levels, their theorizing remains rather incomplete, with more attention being paid to explaining the curves’ upward rather than downward slopes. By developing a multilevel antecedent-benefit-cost (ABC) framework that synthesizes 120 quantitative-empirical studies on curvilinear effects, this review guides creativity and innovation literature toward conceptual clarity and methodological precision across levels. This is important because the cost-related mechanisms of certain antecedents are still not well understood.
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