Muhammad Sabir Saber, Muhammad Haroon Shoukat, Syed Asim Shah, Kareem M. Selem, Hira Shaukat
{"title":"Linking shared leadership with pharmaceutical team sales performance in Pakistan: a dual mediation model","authors":"Muhammad Sabir Saber, Muhammad Haroon Shoukat, Syed Asim Shah, Kareem M. Selem, Hira Shaukat","doi":"10.1108/tpm-05-2022-0037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/tpm-05-2022-0037","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000The pharmaceutical retail industry faces leadership challenges, emphasizing the importance of a mechanism to support sales managers. This paper aims to demonstrate how shared leadership (SL) might improve team performance (TP), with knowledge sharing (KS) and psychological safety (PS) serving as dual mediation effects.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000The authors used social learning theory (SLT) to support their hypotheses. Using a purposive sampling technique, 440 respondents (65 leaders and 375 team members) from 65 pharmaceutical sales teams in Pakistan were obtained through data collection from dyad sources. The authors also used partial least square-structured equation modeling (PLS-SEM) using SmartPLS 3.3.9 to assess the measurement model and the direct paths testing. The authors also used PROCESS macro version 4 to examine dual mediation effects.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000The results revealed that SL does not directly impact TP; rather, it depends on the dual mediating mechanisms of KS and PS.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000This is an initial attempt to establish a conceptual model based on SLT, with KS and PS acting as dual mediation mechanisms. This research contributes to the current knowledge of team leadership by concentrating on how SL approaches might promote TP in the pharmaceutical sector.\u0000","PeriodicalId":150524,"journal":{"name":"Team Performance Management: An International Journal","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131478590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identifying the relative impact of process- and outcome-related team performance antecedents: a meta-analysis","authors":"Ramy I. Hindiyeh, Jennifer Cross","doi":"10.1108/tpm-02-2022-0016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/tpm-02-2022-0016","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000The purpose of this paper is to identify, through an exploratory meta-analysis, which process- and outcome-related antecedents have the strongest relationship to overall team performance. The secondary objective is to create an understanding of the extent to which relative research interest in each construct to date has aligned with its reported effects.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000This study uses a random-effects meta-analysis on studies that have measured the relationship between at least one process or outcome factor and overall team performance. The number of studies, effect size and between-study variances are captured and analyzed for each process/outcome factor. Prior literature has explored relationships between various process/outcome factors and overall team performance. This study expands on previous literature by examining a comprehensive set of process/outcome factors and their relative impact on overall team performance.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000A meta-analysis of 190 effect sizes extracted from 52 empirical studies over the past two decades (1999–2020) showed the specific process and outcome factors that most strongly contributed to overall team performance were efficiency, schedule and innovation. In addition, only a weak correlation was found between process and outcome factors’ relationships with overall team performance and how often they are studied in the research community.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000This study contributes to the body of knowledge on team performance by examining prior research to identify the relevant impact of various process and outcome factors on overall team performance. In addition, this study also assesses the extent to which research interest in these factors has appeared to match their relative impact. Analyzing the relative impact of various process and outcome factors allows researchers and practitioners to better identify methods to create improvement in overall team performance. Based on the findings, prioritizing efficiency, schedule and innovation may promote overall team performance.\u0000","PeriodicalId":150524,"journal":{"name":"Team Performance Management: An International Journal","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115862407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dominic L. Marques, Caroline Aubé, Vincent Rousseau
{"title":"Team psychological capital and process improvement: an interactionist perspective","authors":"Dominic L. Marques, Caroline Aubé, Vincent Rousseau","doi":"10.1108/tpm-06-2022-0046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/tpm-06-2022-0046","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between team psychological capital (PsyCap) and team process improvement (TPI) by focusing on the mediating role of team self-managing behaviors (TSMBs) and the moderating effect of the team reward system.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000Data were collected from 514 members and their immediate superiors nested in 135 action teams working for a Canadian public safety organization. Hypotheses were tested using a path analytic procedure.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000Team PsyCap was positively related to TPI, and this relationship was mediated by TSMBs. In addition, the team reward system positively moderated the first stage of this relationship.\u0000\u0000\u0000Research limitations/implications\u0000This study highlights the important role that motivational factors play in the effectiveness of action teams. Specifically, the present study reveals that the psychological resources of action teams interact with the level of recognition and reward they receive to predict members’ engagement in self-managing behaviors and in improvement processes.\u0000\u0000\u0000Practical implications\u0000Findings suggest that to promote the capacity for process improvement of actions teams, managers should focus on their positive psychological resources, their capacity to self-manage and on the level of recognition and reward they receive.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000Considering the dynamic and complex environments within which action teams operate, the finding that team PsyCap promotes their optimal functioning is particularly noteworthy. Furthermore, this study clarifies why and when team PsyCap enhances TPI.\u0000","PeriodicalId":150524,"journal":{"name":"Team Performance Management: An International Journal","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124173943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Making rapid shifts in work roles – an essential teamwork skill. An exploratory study of facilitating and inhibiting factors","authors":"Anna-Lena Sundlin, T. Söderhjelm, C. Sandahl","doi":"10.1108/tpm-01-2022-0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/tpm-01-2022-0003","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000The purpose of this study was to explore rapid role shifts at work and to describe the factors that facilitate or inhibit such role shifts, and how these factors affect the employee.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000A qualitative study was conducted with 12 participants from four public sector organizations. The participants systematically documented their work role shifts over the course of three days. Based on these data, they were interviewed about their shifts in work roles. All data were analyzed thematically.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000Rapid role shifts do not work without extensive mental preparation and commitment. The role changes were perceived as stimulating if there was clarity about purpose, context and the significance of one’s own role, and if there was time both to switch between different roles and to reflect.\u0000\u0000\u0000Research limitations/implications\u0000This study was only performed in public sector organizations, and with a relatively small sample of interviewees. To generalize the results a more comprehensive collection of data would be required, including independence between researchers and subjects.\u0000\u0000\u0000Practical implications\u0000Adequate work structures, well-thought-out plans, time set aside for adjustment and reflection, and, not least, well-functioning information technologies are essential to teamwork commitment and satisfaction. As occasional teams, virtual teams and remote work become more common in the future, attention must be paid to rapid work role shifts by governments, policymakers and employers.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first systematic study of the challenges involved in rapid shifts in work roles.\u0000","PeriodicalId":150524,"journal":{"name":"Team Performance Management: An International Journal","volume":"108 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127328759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Looking within: a longitudinal qualitative analysis of shared leadership behaviours in organisational teams","authors":"Anne Sweeney","doi":"10.1108/tpm-02-2022-0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/tpm-02-2022-0013","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000To date, empirical research on shared leadership (SL) has been dominated by quantitative studies of antecedents and outcomes, frequently in simulated environments. Consequently, there have been few authentic accounts of how SL is practiced within organisational teams. Underpinned by shared leadership theory and leadership behaviour theory, this paper aims to provide a fine-grained view of the SL behaviours exhibited by team members over time, in five organisational teams in Ireland.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000This longitudinal qualitative study uses critical incident technique, semi-structured interviews and participant diaries to explore SL behaviours emerging in five teams over time.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000SL became widespread over time in each team, with almost all (96%) team members exhibiting SL behaviours. Ten different leadership behaviours were exhibited, indicating that SL permits a wide variety of leadership behaviours to be expressed. Some leadership functions were rarely or never fulfilled by team members (team composition, performance monitoring and resource allocation), suggesting that these leadership behaviours are not amenable to sharing.\u0000\u0000\u0000Practical implications\u0000This paper provides an insight into how SL could be used to increase the leadership capacity in team-based organisations.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000This paper adds depth to the understanding of SL, revealing the specific behaviours underlying this approach, expanding our understanding of the micro-dynamics at play in SL processes.\u0000","PeriodicalId":150524,"journal":{"name":"Team Performance Management: An International Journal","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127392245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maribel Serna Rodríguez, Ana María Ortega Alvarez, Leonel Arango-Vasquez
{"title":"Worldwide trends in the scientific production on soccer players market value, a bibliometric analysis using bibliometrix R-tool","authors":"Maribel Serna Rodríguez, Ana María Ortega Alvarez, Leonel Arango-Vasquez","doi":"10.1108/tpm-02-2022-0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/tpm-02-2022-0015","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000This study aims to identify the current state, the emergent research clusters, the key research topics and the configuration of collaboration in scientific production related to the market value of soccer players.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000This article analyzes 52 articles published between 1985 and 2021 and from the Scopus and WoS databases.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000The subject is of growing interest both in academic and practical areas. A variable that frequently appears as a determinant of market value is crowd wisdom. The largest cluster related to the co-citation level shows that the main issues about soccer player market value are player performance, team performance, and the determinants of the superstar formation. Spain and Germany stand out as essential countries both in literary production and citation rate. The network of collaborations is still low.\u0000\u0000\u0000Research limitations/implications\u0000This study is supported by databases being constantly updated, resulting in continuous variation in the number of indexed journals. Consequently, a bibliometric analysis regarding an emergent topic can, in fewer years, be subject to essential variations. Another limitation is that it has analyzed a particular topic using the most influential databases, and the global perspective could be improved with the incorporation of other different databases. Data regarding collaborations could be helpful for investigations or policies that propose to approach the topic supported by specialized groups. This study offers the possibility for future researchers to extend the databases used, the level of analysis, or focus on specific topics or variables affecting the soccer player market value.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000This study contributes to knowing the current state of the soccer player market value research. Studies on such topics are relatively limited concerning the literature review.\u0000","PeriodicalId":150524,"journal":{"name":"Team Performance Management: An International Journal","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131323547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cohesion as a cardinal antecedent in virtual team performance: a meta-analysis","authors":"Meenakshi Chaudhary, Subhanjali Chopra, Jaspreet Kaur","doi":"10.1108/tpm-02-2022-0017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/tpm-02-2022-0017","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000Advances in information technology have revolutionised the working environment. The concept of working in virtual teams was in existence in the developed part of the globe since 1960s. In developing economies, it emerged in the recent decades and gained impetus during the ongoing pandemic. This paper aims to propose examining the relationship between team cohesion and virtual team performance with the help of meta-analysis.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000On published research, combined random effect meta-analysis and moderator analysis were done with the aid of Meta-essential 1.5 software. The preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses was designed for systematic meta-analysis.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000The meta-analysis shows significant effect of cohesion on virtual team performance (r = 0.40, p < 0.000). Study outcomes indicate a positive relationship between team cohesion and virtual team performance. High heterogeneity was found and moderator analysis was performed to examine the heterogeneity.\u0000\u0000\u0000Research limitations/implications\u0000According to the findings, the performance of teams of different sizes, tenure and occupation should not be viewed as equivalent. Results of the study can be generalised to business (employees), education (students) and online gaming teams.\u0000\u0000\u0000Practical implications\u0000Managers should be aware of cohesion concerns in work process because they may foreshadow future performance challenges or reflect other organisational issues affecting virtual team performance. The relationship between team cohesion and team performance is predicted by team occupation, size and time.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this work is a first attempt to undertake meta-analysis to study the relationship between team cohesion and virtual team performance.\u0000","PeriodicalId":150524,"journal":{"name":"Team Performance Management: An International Journal","volume":"177 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134453921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Curt A. Gilstrap, Srishti Srivastava, Cristina M. Gilstrap
{"title":"Making sense of teamwork in mobile hybrid teams: a lexical analysis","authors":"Curt A. Gilstrap, Srishti Srivastava, Cristina M. Gilstrap","doi":"10.1108/tpm-11-2021-0080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/tpm-11-2021-0080","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000This study aims to investigate the ways mobile hybrid team members make sense of their teamwork.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000Using surveys, this study examined 579 US-based mobile hybrid team members as they discussed their professional team activities. Leximancer software determined, through frequency and co-occurrence analysis of survey-resulting unstructured data sets, the themes mobile hybrid team members use to make sense of their teamwork.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000Participants included the concepts Team, Technology, Communication, Context and Time relative to 25 specific content themes within their talk about teamwork. While thematic clusters such as Team and Communication were densely packed, Technology and Time co-occurred more widely in support of other content themes within the mobile hybrid team member data set. This suggests mobile technologies pervade mobile hybrid team members’ sensemaking about their work.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000A first of its kind inquiry into how mobile hybrid team members make sense of work and performance within their teams, this study highlights the need to explore further how mobile hybrid team members frame and enact technological processes as integral to their organizational work and team outcomes.\u0000","PeriodicalId":150524,"journal":{"name":"Team Performance Management: An International Journal","volume":"98 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114251715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Shared mental models and task decomposition","authors":"JoAnne Yong-Kwan Lim","doi":"10.1108/tpm-07-2021-0051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/tpm-07-2021-0051","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000The research on shared mental models (SMMs) focuses on the importance of all team members holding similar mental models to realize team performance. However, for a perceived decomposable task, it is not required for all team members to have similar mental models to achieve team performance. Moreover, unnecessary overlapping mental models among team members may engender information overloading, translating into suboptimal team performance. Absent from the current literature is an understanding of the factors that determine the minimal overlapping mental models required across specific members for team performance. The purpose of this study is to yield an understanding of these issues.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000This study highlights that the requirement to hold similar mental models across specific team members depends on the task decomposition mechanisms used: task complexity and decomposability, subtask assigned and layer, task modularity, workflow interdependence type and tool attributes.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000Unlike much prior research which measured the relationship between SMMs and team performance at the team level, our conceptualization suggests that the measurement of SMMs and team performance needs to be conducted across a team and subsets of the team or individuals depending on task complexity and decomposability. This current research offers an important viewpoint regarding when team members need to hold similar mental models to realize task performance.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000By suggesting new insights into when mental models should be similar across specific team members, this research also provides understanding of why some empirical SMMs studies do not yield positive relationships between similar SMMs and team effectiveness while others do.\u0000","PeriodicalId":150524,"journal":{"name":"Team Performance Management: An International Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131287476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gender and psychological safety in virtual teams: the role of awareness types enabled by information technologies","authors":"JoAnne Yong-Kwan Lim","doi":"10.1108/tpm-01-2022-0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/tpm-01-2022-0006","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000Organizations worldwide use virtual teams to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic and capitalize on distributed members' unique expertise to accomplish essential tasks. A critical reason that inhibits virtual team members from leveraging each other’s knowledge is a lack of psychological safety. Specifically, individuals are unwilling to speak out for fear of negative repercussions, such as embarrassment to one’s image and rejection from others in their teams. The purpose of this study is to advance the importance of distinct awareness (task knowledge and presence) enabled by information technologies in developing the psychological safety of men and women in virtual teams.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000This study tested the hypotheses using a survey study of 94 participants from 19 graduate student virtual teams.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000This study found that task knowledge awareness predicted psychological safety for men, whereas it was presence awareness for women. By demonstrating the role of awareness in promoting psychological safety for men and women in virtual teams, this study also sheds light on reducing online gender inequitable issues.\u0000\u0000\u0000Practical implications\u0000First, organizational managers need to incorporate gender when deciding the awareness type to promote psychological safety in virtual teams. For men, it is task knowledge awareness, whereas for women, it is presence awareness. Second, as there is a wide range of information technologies (ITs) available, managers need to identify if the provided ITs enable virtual team members to develop the specific type of knowledge awareness critical for psychological safety development. Third, managers can incorporate rewards and apply interventions at regular temporal periods to encourage team members to increase their online presence as well as question and share task-related content.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000It is imperative to identify ways to encourage men and women working in virtual teams to speak up so that the expertise held by the members can be better leveraged. This study represents an important step in this direction.\u0000","PeriodicalId":150524,"journal":{"name":"Team Performance Management: An International Journal","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133178145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}