When goal orientations collide: effects of learning and performance orientation on team adaptability in response to workload imbalance
Author
Porter, C. O. L. H.
Webb, J. W.
Gogus, Celile Itir
Date
2010Source Title
Journal of Applied Psychology
Print ISSN
0021-9010
Electronic ISSN
1939-1854
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Volume
95
Issue
5
Pages
935 - 943
Language
English
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Abstract
The authors draw on resource allocation theory (Kanfer & Ackerman, 1989) to develop hypotheses regarding
the conditions under which collective learning and performance orientation have interactive effects and the
nature of those effects on teams’ ability to adapt to a sudden and dramatic change in workload. Consistent with
the theory, results of a laboratory study in which teams worked on a computerized, decision-making task over
3 performance trials revealed that learning and performance orientation had independent effects on team
adaptability when teams had slack resources available for managing their changed task. Time helped explain
the independent effects of performance orientation. Results also revealed that learning and performance
orientation had interactive effects when teams did not have slack resources. Finally, the results of this study
indicate that teams lacking slack resources were better able to balance high levels of learning and performance
orientation over time with practice on the changed task.
Keywords
Adaptive behaviorCollective learning orientation
Collective performance orientation
Decision making
Group process
Goal orientation
Learning orientation and performance orientation interactions
Organizational objectives
Psychological theory
Team adaptability
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