Who is supporting whom?: quality team effectiveness and perceived organizational support

Social and study related stressors and resources among university entrants: Effects on well-being and academic performance

“…The scale for measuring team social support was developed starting from existing items (see Eisenberger, Huntington, Hutchison, & Sowa, 1986;Zimet, Dahlem, Zimet, & Farley, 1988), adapting the items to the team context (for a similar strategy, see Howes, Cropanzano, Grandey, & Mohler, 2000). The 15 items in total evaluated the extent to which (members in) the student group in this particular course provided the student with help or support.…”

Unit-level fairness and quality within the health care industry: A justice–quality model

“…Previous research supports this differentiation. Employees, for instance, are able to distinguish the support they receive from their coworkers from the support authorities provide to the unit (e.g., Howes, Cropanzano, Grandey, & Mohler, 2000).…”

Team Context and Team Performance: An Integrated Review

“…The perceived team support construct was originally derived from perceived organizational support (Eisenberger et al 1986) and was made popular by researchers investigating team performance (Bishop et al 2000;Howes et al 2000;Paillé 2009). Drach-Zahavy (2004) asserted that perceived team support includes emotional support, informational support, instrumental support and appraisal support.…”

“…As a result, team performance is likely to be improved. Although perceived team support is essential to team performance, empirical studies on this subject are still scarce (Howes et al 2000;Paillé 2009). Thus, based on the aforesaid discussion, we posit the following:…”