TEAM STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE: ASSESSING THE MEDIATING ROLE OF INTRATEAM PROCESS AND THE MODERATING ROLE OF TASK TYPE. Academic Article

abstract

• We used data from 45 production teams (626 individuals) and their supervisors to test hypotheses related to team structure. For teams engaged primarily in conceptual tasks, interdependence exhibited a -shaped relationship with team performance, whereas team self-leadership exhibited a positive, linear relationship with performance. For teams engaged primarily in behavioral tasks, we found a -shaped relationship between interdependence and performance and a negative, linear relationship between team self-leadership and performance. Intrateam process mediation was found for relationships with interdependence but not for relationships with team self-leadership. Overall, findings support a model of team structure and illustrate how relationships between structural characteristics and a team's performance can be moderated by its tasks.

authors

• Barrick, Murray

published proceedings

• Academy of Management Journal

author list (cited authors)

• Stewart, G. L., & Barrick, M. R.

citation count

• 350

complete list of authors

• Stewart, GL||Barrick, MR

publication date

• April 2000

publisher

• Academy of Management  Publisher

published in

• Academy of Management Journal  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.2307/1556372

start page

• 135

end page

• 148

volume

• 43

issue

• 2

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.2307%2F1556372