Team learning and effectiveness in virtual project teams: the role of beliefs about interpersonal context.
There has been increasing interest in team learning processes in recent years. Researchers have investigated the impact of team learning on team effectiveness and analyzed the enabling conditions for the process, but team learning in virtual teams has been largely ignored. This study examined the relationship between team learning and effectiveness in virtual teams, as well as the role of team beliefs about interpersonal context. Data from 48 teams performing a virtual consulting project over 4 weeks indicate a mediating effect of team learning on the relationship between beliefs about the interpersonal context (psychological safety, task interdependence) and team effectiveness (satisfaction, viability). These findings suggest the importance of team learning for developing effective virtual teams.
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Departamento de Psicología Social, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Complutense, Campus de Somosaguas, 28223 Madrid, Spain. aortegav@psi.ucm.es
Sánchez-Manzanares
Miriam
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Gil
Francisco
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Rico
Ramón
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D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006126:Group Processes; D006127:Group Structure; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D011340:Problem Solving; D012933:Social Identification; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014584:User-Computer Interface