Abstract
The authors propose (a) that team members' general cognitive ability (g) and conscientiousness are key resources for hierarchical decision-making teams with distributed expertise; (b) that a conjunctive model is most appropriate for capturing staff members' standing on these attributes; and (c) that in addition to main effects, staff attributes interact with those of the leader to determine team performance. Results from a study of 51 four-person teams performing a computerized decision-making task show that decision accuracy was highest when both the leader and staff (defined conjunctively) were high on g and conscientiousness. Post hoc analyses suggest reactions to the weakest member differed depending on whether the member was low in g or conscientiousness. Low-g members were helped, whereas low-conscientiousness members were ignored.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 803-811 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Applied Psychology |
Volume | 82 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 1997 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Applied Psychology