Swim or Sink Together : The Potential of Collective Team Identification and Team Member Alignment for Separating Task and Relationship Conflicts

Schaeffner, Mélanie; Hüttermann, Hendrik; Gebert, Diether; Boerner, Sabine; Kearney, Eric; Song, Lynda Jiwen

Swim or Sink Together : The Potential of Collective Team Identification and Team Member Alignment for Separating Task and Relationship Conflicts

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2015

Authors

Schaeffner, Mélanie

Hüttermann, Hendrik

Gebert, Diether

Boerner, Sabine

Kearney, Eric

Song, Lynda Jiwen

Publication type

Journal article

Published in

Group & Organization Management ; 40 (2015), 4. - pp. 467-499. - ISSN 1059-6011. - eISSN 1552-3993

Abstract

This article investigates collective team identification and team member alignment (i.e., the existence of short- and long-term team goals and teambased reward structures) as moderators of the association between task and relationship conflicts. Being indicators of cooperative goal interdependence in teams, both moderators are hypothesized to mitigate the positive association between the two conflict types. Findings from 88 development teams confirm the moderating effect for collective team identification, but not for team member alignment. Moreover, the moderating role of collective team identification is found to be dependent on the level of task conflict: It is more effective in decoupling task and relationship conflicts at medium as compared with high or low levels of task conflict.

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300 Social Sciences, Sociology

Keywords

task conflict, relationship conflict, collective team identification, team member alignment, cooperative goal interdependence

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SCHAEFFNER, Mélanie, Hendrik HÜTTERMANN, Diether GEBERT, Sabine BOERNER, Eric KEARNEY, Lynda Jiwen SONG, 2015. Swim or Sink Together : The Potential of Collective Team Identification and Team Member Alignment for Separating Task and Relationship Conflicts. In: Group & Organization Management. 40(4), pp. 467-499. ISSN 1059-6011. eISSN 1552-3993. Available under: doi: 10.1177/1059601114561059

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  title={Swim or Sink Together : The Potential of Collective Team Identification and Team Member Alignment for Separating Task and Relationship Conflicts},
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  volume={40},
  issn={1059-6011},
  journal={Group & Organization Management},
  pages={467--499},
  author={Schaeffner, Mélanie and Hüttermann, Hendrik and Gebert, Diether and Boerner, Sabine and Kearney, Eric and Song, Lynda Jiwen}
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