“inputs” blended
across three levels
Three example factors to consider:
team size
ALL depends on the task
team size : operationalized
team size:: conditions to consider
Large team size : good
good (e.g.,additive: group output is a sum; compensatory: outcome is the average of members
Compensatory
add up of the KSA’s and that’s what makes up the team good
Large team size: bad
(e.g.,disjunctive: one members’ actions are enough;
conjunctive: individuals must all do the same thing
Team size: outcomes related to group size
possible reasons for as group size increases, process loss increases (performance decreases)
team size : research support? cohesion
overall negative association; is also more important for small group
- task cohesion best at small size but not for social cohesion
social cohesion is best
at medium size teams
why is cohension affected when group is large
team composition includes:
team composition : amount
of team resources (average)
team comp : variability
in team resources (diversity)
team comp : compatibility
of team resources (fit)
Amount of team resources (average) focuses on what
psychosocial attributes
what are psychosocial attributes
OCEAN
- opennes
- conscientiousness
- neruoticism
- agreeeableness
- extraversion
Amount of team resources (average) : psychosical attributes why?
Influence interactions with others, how we act in groups, and emergence of leadership
Average for member personality
Relationship between individual ability and team success
team effectiveness and individual ability/skill were corrlated differently in different sports
0.60 basketball
0.70 men’s tennis
0.80 women’s tennis
0.94 baseball
so some sports are “interaction sports” and some are “individual contribution sports.”
Variability in resources (diversity)
- kyle lowry’s quote
Everyone has their own individual personalities, but everyone on this team knows how to come outside their own box and their own bubble to be able to accept others and be in their bubbles, that’s where we’ve got good professionals.
A more diverse group may take longer to reach peak performance due to
number of cultures, language differences, and interpretation of the task to be completed