Three facets of satisfaction and their influence on the performance of innovation teams

被引:64
作者
Nerkar, AA [1 ]
McGrath, RG [1 ]
Macmillan, IC [1 ]
机构
[1] COLUMBIA UNIV, GRAD SCH BUSINESS, NEW YORK, NY 10027 USA
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10.1016/0883-9026(96)00002-X
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F [经济];
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02 ;
摘要
This study investigates and demonstrates the mediating effect of job satisfaction between ream deftness and team comprehension and the performance of 168 project teams involved in major innovation projects for their companies. The study demonstrates that there are at least three independent facets of job satisfaction: instrumental satisfaction with the way the task is progressing, social satisfaction with the way the ream members interact with one another and the organization, and egocentric satisfaction with the individuals' perceived benefits to themselves. Previous studies have shown that innovation team performance is directly correlated with the two antecedents of performance: team deftness, which reflects how effectively the team works to achieve the innovation's purpose and team comprehension, which reflects how the team understands the linkages among key variables driving the innovation outcome. The study argues that these different facets of satisfaction differentially affect the ways in which team performance is affected by deftness and comprehension. There are three major results: 1. Social satisfaction mediates the relation between team deftness and performance-as social dissatisfaction of the team increases, it appears to impede the ability of the team to deploy its deftness in accomplishing the project's purpose. 2. Instrumental satisfaction mediates the relation between team comprehension and project performance-as instrumental dissatisfaction increases, it appears to impede the ability of the team to deploy its comprehension to accomplish the project's purpose. 3. Egocentric satisfaction does not appear to mediate the relation between team deftness and project performance. Some managerial implications of these results are discussed.
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