When Goal Orientations Collide: Effects of Learning and Performance Orientation on Team Adaptability in Response to Workload Imbalance

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 935-943

  Porter, Christopher O L H ^a   Webb, Justin W ^b   Gogus, Celile Itir ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Collective learning orientation; Collective performance orientation; Goal orientation; Learning orientation and performance orientation interactions; Team adaptability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GOALS; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77957336330     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019637     Document Type: Article

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