TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of Team Personality Composition on Member Performance
T2 - A Multilevel Perspective
AU - Prewett, Matthew S.
AU - Brown, Matthew I.
AU - Goswami, Ashita
AU - Christiansen, Neil D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016.
PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - Personality traits are often theorized to affect team performance by predisposing members to perform individual-level behaviors. Yet, member personality traits may also affect team performance by creating contextual influences on member behaviors. As such, the purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of team personality composition on individual-level performance using hierarchical linear modeling. A range of effects for team-level elevation were observed, but few effects emerged for team-level heterogeneity. Main effects from elevation in Extraversion and Openness to Experience were consistently observed across analyses. The main effects from team elevation in Conscientiousness and Agreeableness, however, were only observed prior to controlling for individual-level trait scores or when using a group-mean centering method for individual-level trait scores. In addition, elevation in Conscientiousness and heterogeneity in Emotional Stability moderated the relationships between individual trait scores and performance, such that individual-level relations were stronger when team elevation was higher (Conscientiousness) and heterogeneity was lower (Emotional Stability). These findings provide evidence that team member personality can influence performance through contextual phenomena.
AB - Personality traits are often theorized to affect team performance by predisposing members to perform individual-level behaviors. Yet, member personality traits may also affect team performance by creating contextual influences on member behaviors. As such, the purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of team personality composition on individual-level performance using hierarchical linear modeling. A range of effects for team-level elevation were observed, but few effects emerged for team-level heterogeneity. Main effects from elevation in Extraversion and Openness to Experience were consistently observed across analyses. The main effects from team elevation in Conscientiousness and Agreeableness, however, were only observed prior to controlling for individual-level trait scores or when using a group-mean centering method for individual-level trait scores. In addition, elevation in Conscientiousness and heterogeneity in Emotional Stability moderated the relationships between individual trait scores and performance, such that individual-level relations were stronger when team elevation was higher (Conscientiousness) and heterogeneity was lower (Emotional Stability). These findings provide evidence that team member personality can influence performance through contextual phenomena.
KW - hierarchical linear modeling
KW - personality diversity
KW - personality elevation
KW - team composition
KW - teamwork
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85021360179&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1059601116668633
DO - 10.1177/1059601116668633
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85021360179
VL - 43
SP - 316
EP - 348
JO - Group & Organization Management
JF - Group & Organization Management
SN - 1059-6011
IS - 2
ER -