TY - JOUR
T1 - Linking perceived external prestige and collective identification to collaborative behaviors in R&D teams
AU - Carmeli, Abraham
AU - Gelbard, Roy
AU - Goldriech, Riki
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - Research efforts have long been directed at understanding variations in collaborative behaviors among work teams with burgeoning interest in teams operating in knowledge-intensive settings. One of the largely unexplained issues is how does team image and collective identification facilitate collaborative behaviors. Here, survey data were collected from nineteen highly technical work teams engaging in software development in an R&D division of a multinational NASDAQ firm involved in multimedia communications and information processing technology. The relationships between perceived external prestige, collective team identification and team collaborative behaviors were examined. The results of the team-level analyses suggest that perceived external prestige augments collective team identification (measured at Time 1), which in turn engenders a high degree of collaboration and interaction within the team (measured at Time 2). When past team performance was controlled for, the results consistently supported the hypothesized model.
AB - Research efforts have long been directed at understanding variations in collaborative behaviors among work teams with burgeoning interest in teams operating in knowledge-intensive settings. One of the largely unexplained issues is how does team image and collective identification facilitate collaborative behaviors. Here, survey data were collected from nineteen highly technical work teams engaging in software development in an R&D division of a multinational NASDAQ firm involved in multimedia communications and information processing technology. The relationships between perceived external prestige, collective team identification and team collaborative behaviors were examined. The results of the team-level analyses suggest that perceived external prestige augments collective team identification (measured at Time 1), which in turn engenders a high degree of collaboration and interaction within the team (measured at Time 2). When past team performance was controlled for, the results consistently supported the hypothesized model.
KW - Collaborative behaviors
KW - Identification
KW - R&D teams
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eswa.2010.12.166
DO - 10.1016/j.eswa.2010.12.166
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AN - SCOPUS:79952445415
SN - 0957-4174
VL - 38
SP - 8199
EP - 8207
JO - Expert Systems with Applications
JF - Expert Systems with Applications
IS - 7
ER -