Title:
Dynamic person, context, and event determinants of individual motivation in teams

dc.contributor.advisor Kanfer, Ruth
dc.contributor.author Posnock, Samuel Joseph
dc.contributor.committeeMember Weiss, Howard M.
dc.contributor.committeeMember Zaccaro, Stephen
dc.contributor.committeeMember DeChurch, Leslie
dc.contributor.committeeMember Thomas, Rick
dc.contributor.department Psychology
dc.date.accessioned 2015-09-21T14:24:22Z
dc.date.available 2015-09-21T14:24:22Z
dc.date.created 2015-08
dc.date.issued 2015-05-12
dc.date.submitted August 2015
dc.date.updated 2015-09-21T14:24:22Z
dc.description.abstract Teams have become increasingly popular in organizations (Devine, Clayton, Philips, Dunford, & Melner, 1999), and the issue of process loss in teams presents a persistent challenge to teamwork and team effectiveness (Karau & Williams, 1993). The present study addresses a basic issue in process loss; namely, team member motivation to contribute personal resources toward individual and team-level goals. This study identified three sources of motivation in teams: Task demands, team attributes, and member traits. Individual motivation increased with task difficulty, increased as deadlines approached, and declined overall with time on task. Team efficacy was positively associated with episodic increases in motivation over time, while cohesion was unrelated to motivation. Trait motivation was positively related, and psychological collectivism negatively related to individual motivation. This relationship persisted over the lifespan of the team. The results of this study have implications for understanding the unique and joint role of individual and contextual influences on team member motivation over time and experience.
dc.description.degree Ph.D.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/53847
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology
dc.subject Motivation
dc.subject Resource allocation
dc.subject Teams
dc.subject Context
dc.subject Team emergent states
dc.title Dynamic person, context, and event determinants of individual motivation in teams
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Dissertation
dspace.entity.type Publication
local.contributor.advisor Kanfer, Ruth
local.contributor.corporatename College of Sciences
local.contributor.corporatename School of Psychology
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thesis.degree.level Doctoral
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