Team behaviors explain up to 42% of the variance in team performance, with action processes and organizational citizenship behaviors the strongest contributors¶

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q3 i? Team behaviors overall correlate with team performance (corrected rho = .27, 7% variance), with action processes (rho = .65, 42%) and OCBs (rho = .55, 30%) strongest. → Robert A. Sottilare 2018

Evidence¶

Robert A. Sottilare 2018¶

Robert A. Sottilare, C. Shawn Burke, Eduardo Salas, Anne M. Sinatra, Joan H. Johnston, Stephen B. Gilbert. (2018). Designing Adaptive Instruction for Teams: a Meta-Analysis. Int J Artif Intell Educ 28:225–264. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-017-0146-z

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Random-effects meta-analysis (Hunter and Schmidt guidelines) of correlations from approximately 300 primary studies on small interdependent teams; Table 2 reports action processes rho = .65 (42% variance) and OCBs rho = .55 (30%), both statistically significant. The article reports "team behaviors explain up to 42% of the variance in team performance."

"According to our meta-analytic findings, team behaviors explain up to 42% of the variance in team performance. Considering the importance of distinguishing specific behaviors, we highlight action processes and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) as the most important."

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