Teams in Transition: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study of Reflection, Implicit and Explicit Coordination and Performance Improvements

Frontiers in Psychology

Michaéla C. Schippers¹  Ashley Fulmer²  Sabrina Krys³  Udo Konradt³ 

[1] Department of Technology and Operations Management, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands;J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States;Work and Organizational Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany;

关键词: team reflection;    implicit coordination;    explicit coordination;    performance improvement;    latent growth modelling;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.677896

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Research has shown that team reflection is a critical transition process for coordination processes and team performance, but our understanding of its dynamics and relationship to action processes and performance is incomplete. The goal of the present study was to examine the long-term change in reflection in teams over time and explore whether these changes are related to implicit and explicit coordination processes and performance improvement. Drawing on the recurring phase model of team processes and team reflexivity theory, we hypothesized that team reflection is at least stable or increases over time for dissimilar tasks, that reflection trajectories are positively associated with implicit and negatively associated with explicit coordination in the later phases, and that implicit coordination mediates the relationship between team reflection and performance improvement. This model was tested in a three-wave longitudinal study (N = 175 teams) over a 2-months period. Results from growth curve modeling and structural equation modeling provided support for our hypotheses.

【 授权许可】

CC BY