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In: European journal of work and organizational psychology: the official journal of The European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Band 18, Heft 4, S. 503-506
ISSN: 1464-0643
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In: European journal of work and organizational psychology: the official journal of The European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Band 18, Heft 4, S. 503-506
ISSN: 1464-0643
In: Small group research: an international journal of theory, investigation, and application, Band 41, Heft 5, S. 524-555
ISSN: 1552-8278
Based on Mitchell and Silver's (1990) tower-building paradigm, the authors performed two experiments on multilevel quantity goals, strategies, and performance in task-interdependent groups. The study compared four goal types: IG (individual goal), GG (group goal), IG + GG (individual + group goal), and NSG (nonspecific goal). IG yielded low cooperation and performance, whereas, unexpectedly, NSG yielded high cooperation and performance. To explain this finding, we discerned two goal-setting components: Goal referent (performance-level targeted; individual/group) and goal specificity. Mediation analyses suggest that referent triggers a cooperation/competition mechanism, explaining the lower IG performance, whereas specificity triggers a speed/ accuracy mechanism, explaining the higher NSG performance. We conclude that individual goals can interfere with cooperative processes and group performance, and, for time-constrained interdependent tasks requiring speed and accuracy, specific difficult quantity goals may promote risk taking, thereby obstructing goal attainment.
In: European journal of work and organizational psychology: the official journal of The European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Band 11, Heft 3, S. 363-383
ISSN: 1464-0643
In: European journal of work and organizational psychology: the official journal of The European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Band 6, Heft 3, S. 279-301
ISSN: 1464-0643