Multiple Team Membership, Performance, and Confidence in Estimation Tasks

Fodor, Oana C.; Curşeu, Petru Lucian; Meslec, Nicoleta

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.658827

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“…Similarly supporting the idea that MTM number does not facilitate learning, Fodor et al. (2021) found no learning benefits when individuals switch tasks while working on four different teams (compared to working on a single team).…”

Section: How Multiteaming Is Thought To Affect Effectiveness?mentioning

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“…Multiteaming has been argued to present a unique opportunity for organizations because it can facilitate learning and enhance problem-solving capabilities. O' Leary et al (2011) Similarly supporting the idea that MTM number does not facilitate learning, Fodor et al (2021) found no learning benefits when individuals switch tasks while working on four different teams (compared to working on a single team).…”

Section: Knowledge Exchange and Learningmentioning

confidence: 98%

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Navigating multiple team membership: A review and redirection of its influence on effectiveness outcomes

Rishani,

Schouten,

Hoever

2023

Social & Personality Psych

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In today's organizations, employees commonly work in more than one team at a time. As this practice of multiple team membership (MTM) has become a reality of daily work, researchers across disciplines have dedicated their efforts to study its influence on valued outcomes such as employee and team effectiveness. We review the MTM literature to provide an overview of the relationship between multiteaming and effectiveness and to discuss the underlying reasons that explain why this relationship is complex and findings remain inconsistent. Drawing from teams research, we particularly highlight three sources of variance in the effects of multiteaming that have not been discussed in an integrative manner: (a) what is being studied – the aspects and nature of multiteaming; (b) how multiteaming is thought to affect effectiveness – the processes through which multiteaming transforms into (in)effectiveness; and (c) who are the multiteamers – the characteristics of multiteamers. Our review thus offers a more fine‐grained theoretical understanding of multiteaming's influence on effectiveness and uncovers exciting future research directions.

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Section: How Multiteaming Is Thought To Affect Effectiveness?mentioning

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Section: Knowledge Exchange and Learningmentioning

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Navigating multiple team membership: A review and redirection of its influence on effectiveness outcomes

Rishani,

Schouten,

Hoever

2023

Social & Personality Psych

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“…longitudinal) rather than a snap-shot approach, move towards organizational, established teams and rely more on a multilevel exploration of GCC by considering its impact on individual and organizational outcomes. By building on the insights pertaining to the literature on group-to-individual transfer (Curşeu et al , 2015; Fodor et al , 2021), it would be interesting to explore whether after operating in groups that achieve GCC team members register a lasting cognitive gain. Finally, the world of work is changing, moving towards hybrid arrangements, whereby some team members work from home, others are co-located and more fluid team structures arise whereby some individuals are full time team members, whereas others work in multiple teams across the organization and yet others are experts belonging to other organizations that temporarily join a team on special assignments.…”

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Antecedents and consequences of group cognitive complexity: a conceptual review

Coman

Fodor

2022

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the literature on the antecedents and consequences of group cognitive complexity (GCC) and integrate the empirical work by using the composition/compilation framework of emergence and the input-mediator-output-input (I-M-O-I) model of team effectiveness. Design/methodology/approach Through a systematic search in extant databases, the authors found 27 empirical studies exploring the antecedents and consequences of GCC. Findings The extant literature is dominated by a compilational approach on GCC, experimental designs and a focus on exploring the antecedents of GCC (group composition and processes mostly), thus providing useful insights for organizational interventions. The work on the implications of GCC for individual or organizational level outcomes is however scant. Future endeavors could rely more on a multilevel exploration of GCC, take a developmental rather than a one-shot approach and explore the impact of new ways of working on the emergence of GCC. Originality/value The authors propose an integration of extant empirical work on GCC by using two complementary frameworks: the I-M-O-I model and the composition/compilation framework. The authors highlight the implications for practice and draw future research directions.

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Productivity in motion: a structuration theory lens and inductive analysis of MTM in engineering consulting firms

Rahi,

Thoumy,

Saqib

2024

IJPPM

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PurposeThis paper explores the impact of multiple team membership (MTM) on the productivity of team members in engineering consulting firms. MTM refers to employees participating concurrently in multiple teams, a concept closely linked to projectification. Despite the fact that this concept can enhance collaboration, it also introduces coordination challenges that may negatively affect productivity.Design/methodology/approachThrough an inductive approach involving 12 semi-structured interviews with engineering consulting professionals specializing in water and energy infrastructure projects, this paper examines the factors affecting team member productivity in an MTM setting. Following the interviews, a Delphi technique was employed, engaging 16 experts to rank the factors and sub-factors identified from the interview data. This two-stage approach ensured a comprehensive and validated assessment of productivity factors.FindingsThis study develops 8 factors process model grounded in structuration theory to explain the socio-technical mechanisms by which multiple team membership shapes productivity outcomes in engineering consulting firms specialized in water and energy infrastructure projects. Key findings surface micro-foundations, tensions in technology provisions, planning processes, and career development that inform theoretical advances and practical improvements.Originality/valueThis research contributes empirically insights into managing MTM in expert service contexts. Applying Giddens' structuration theory, this study reveals how agency and structures shape productivity across organizational, team, and individual levels. In practice, this study provides recommendations for improving productivity within projectified environments, mainly for team members working in an MTM environment in engineering consulting firms specializing in water and energy infrastructure projects.

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Multiple Team Membership, Performance, and Confidence in Estimation Tasks

Cited by 3 publications

References 41 publications

Navigating multiple team membership: A review and redirection of its influence on effectiveness outcomes

Navigating multiple team membership: A review and redirection of its influence on effectiveness outcomes

Antecedents and consequences of group cognitive complexity: a conceptual review

Productivity in motion: a structuration theory lens and inductive analysis of MTM in engineering consulting firms

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