Journal of Managerial Psychology: Volume 26 Issue 3

Synergetic effects in working teams

Guido Hertel

Whereas motivation and coordination losses in teams have been investigated for quite some time, systematic research on performance gains in teams (often called “synergetic…

Many cheers make light the work: how social support triggers process gains in teams

Joachim Hüffmeier, Guido Hertel

Social support from fellow team members has been neglected as a unique source of process gains in teams. This paper seeks to introduce the Model of Social Support within Teams…

“… with a little help from my friends”: friendship, effort norms, and group motivation gain

Norbert L. Kerr, Dong‐Heon Seok

The purpose of this paper is to report on new research that explores the effect of co‐worker friendship and performance norms on the Köhler motivation gain effect.

The role of star performers in software design teams

Judith Volmer, Sabine Sonnentag

This study seeks to extend previous research on experts with mainly ad‐hoc groups from laboratory research to a field setting. Specifically, this study aims to investigate…

Process gains in group decision making: A conceptual analysis, preliminary data, and tools for practitioners

Andreas Mojzisch, Stefan Schulz‐Hardt

Hidden profiles are decision‐making tasks in which groups have the potential to outperform individual decision‐makers. This paper has two purposes: first, to provide a conceptual…

Team identification: a determining factor of performance

Stephanie T. Solansky

This study seeks to explore why some teams realize performance gains and others do not. Team identification is proposed as an explanatory mechanism of performance.