Personality, relationship conflict, and teamwork-related mental models.
This study seeks to explore whether neuroticism, agreeableness, and conscientiousness moderate the influence of relationship conflict experienced in groups on changes in group members' evaluative cognitions related to teamwork quality (teamwork-related mental models). Data from 216 students, nested in 48 groups were analyzed using a multilevel modeling approach. Our results show that the experience of relationship conflict leads to a negative shift from the pre-task to the post-task teamwork-related mental models. Moreover, the results indicate that conscientiousness buffered the negative association between relationship conflict and the change in teamwork-related mental models. Our results did not support the hypothesized moderating effect of agreeableness and show that the detrimental effect of relationship conflict on the shift in teamwork-related mental models is accentuated for group members scoring low rather than high on neuroticism. These findings open new research venues for exploring the association between personality, coping styles and change in teamwork-related mental models.
Department of Psychology, West University of Timişoara, Timişoara, Romania.
Delia
D
Vîrgă
Petru Lucian
PL
Curşeu
Department of Organisation Studies, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands; Department of Psychology, "Babeş-Bolyai" University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Petru Lucian
PL
CurŞeu
Department of Psychology, West University of Timişoara, Timişoara, Romania.
Laurenţiu
L
Maricuţoiu
Department of Psychology, West University of Timişoara, Timişoara, Romania.
Florin A
FA
Sava
Department of Psychology, West University of Timişoara, Timişoara, Romania.
Irina
I
Macsinga
Department of Psychology, West University of Timişoara, Timişoara, Romania.
Silvia
S
Măgurean
D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007324:Institutional Management Teams / Q000941:ethics / Q000592:standards*; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010551:Personality; D055815:Young Adult