The role of team goal monitoring in the curvilinear relationship between team efficacy and team performance

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 976-987

  Rapp, Tammy L ^a   Bachrach, Daniel G ^b   Rapp, Adam A ^b   Mullins, Ryan ^c  

^a GATS Group Consulting   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curvilinear relationship; Lagged field study; Sales teams; Team efficacy; Team goal monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COOPERATION; EMPLOYMENT; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYMENT; GOALS; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84925870854     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036978     Document Type: Article

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