Activated faultlines, group efficacy and group performance: The moderating role of group self-enhancement and group uncertainty

IF 7.6 2区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

European Management Journal Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-05 DOI:10.1016/j.emj.2025.04.005

Meng Qi , Yulin Niu , Yujie Dong

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Abstract

An accumulating number of social identity studies have recorded the effect of group identification on group processes and outcomes. However, they neglect to investigate the role of subgroup categorical processes and the basic motivations underlying this influence. To fill this gap, we draw on social identity theory to investigate the relationship between activated faultlines, group efficacy and group performance and the boundary conditions of this relationship. The theoretically driven hypotheses were tested based on collected data from 694 employees within 68 groups of three organizations. The results reveal that activated faultlines negatively affect group efficacy which also mediates the relationship between activated faultlines and group performance. The findings also show that group uncertainty and group self-enhancement play essential roles in moderating this relationship. Specifically, strong activated faultlines are more likely to inhibit group efficacy when individuals have high levels of group uncertainty and low levels of group self-enhancement.

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激活断层线、群体效能与群体绩效：群体自我提升与群体不确定性的调节作用

越来越多的社会认同研究记录了群体认同对群体过程和结果的影响。然而，他们忽视了亚群体分类过程的作用和这种影响背后的基本动机。为了填补这一空白，我们利用社会认同理论来研究激活断层线、群体效能和群体绩效之间的关系以及这种关系的边界条件。理论驱动的假设是基于从三个组织的68组694名员工收集的数据进行测试。研究结果表明，断层线激活对团队效能产生负向影响，并在断层线激活与团队绩效之间起到中介作用。研究结果还表明，群体不确定性和群体自我增强在调节这一关系中起重要作用。具体而言，当个体具有高水平的群体不确定性和低水平的群体自我增强时，强激活断层线更有可能抑制群体效能。

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European Management Journal Multiple-

CiteScore

12.90

自引率

5.30%

发文量

113

审稿时长

74 days

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