Abstract
Whereas the positive relationship between positive affect in teams and team
performance is well established, the relationship between team negative
affect and team performance seems to be subject to moderating effects. We
focus on the effects of perspective taking as one of these moderators, and
posit that perspective taking impedes team performance when team state
affect is negative because team members become preoccupied with others’
negative emotions. Results from 49 teams involved in a computerized
interactive decision-making task support our hypothesis: Negative state
affect was negatively related to performance for teams high in perspective
taking, but not for teams low in perspective taking. This leads to the
conclusion that when teams experience high negative affect, they benefit
from low perspective taking
performance is well established, the relationship between team negative
affect and team performance seems to be subject to moderating effects. We
focus on the effects of perspective taking as one of these moderators, and
posit that perspective taking impedes team performance when team state
affect is negative because team members become preoccupied with others’
negative emotions. Results from 49 teams involved in a computerized
interactive decision-making task support our hypothesis: Negative state
affect was negatively related to performance for teams high in perspective
taking, but not for teams low in perspective taking. This leads to the
conclusion that when teams experience high negative affect, they benefit
from low perspective taking
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 576-599 |
| Journal | Small Group Research |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |