TY - JOUR
T1 - Time matters in team performance
T2 - Effects of member familiarity, entrainment, and task discontinuity on speed and quality
AU - Harrison, David A.
AU - Mohammed, Susan
AU - Mcgrath, Joseph E.
AU - Florey, Anna T.
AU - Vanderstoep, Scott W.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - We compared the speed and quality of performance for familiar, initially unfamiliar but continuing, and one-shot (single session) teams. We also proposed and observed entrainment effects for task time limits. Over the course of weekly sessions with changing tasks, continuing teams reached speed levels of the initially familiar teams, but the one- shot teams were consistently slower. Continuing teams also tended to have higher-quality output than the one-shot teams. There were no differences in how quickly each type of group entrained to time limits on the tasks. Entrainment was not robust to task discontinuity (Task A, then B). However, entrainment on repeated trials of a task persisted even when a different type of task "interrupted" those repeated trials (Task A, then B, then A again). Results compel a richer incorporation of time as a medium for complex task sequences, and time-based constructs as a feature of team membership in the study of group effectiveness.
AB - We compared the speed and quality of performance for familiar, initially unfamiliar but continuing, and one-shot (single session) teams. We also proposed and observed entrainment effects for task time limits. Over the course of weekly sessions with changing tasks, continuing teams reached speed levels of the initially familiar teams, but the one- shot teams were consistently slower. Continuing teams also tended to have higher-quality output than the one-shot teams. There were no differences in how quickly each type of group entrained to time limits on the tasks. Entrainment was not robust to task discontinuity (Task A, then B). However, entrainment on repeated trials of a task persisted even when a different type of task "interrupted" those repeated trials (Task A, then B, then A again). Results compel a richer incorporation of time as a medium for complex task sequences, and time-based constructs as a feature of team membership in the study of group effectiveness.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2003.tb00753.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2003.tb00753.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0141976354
SN - 0031-5826
VL - 56
SP - 633
EP - 669
JO - Personnel Psychology
JF - Personnel Psychology
IS - 3
ER -