Interdependence and Preference for Group Work: Main and Congruence Effects on the Satisfaction and Performance of Group Members

By Jason D. Shaw, M. Duffy, E. Stark. 2000

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This study examined the direct and interactive relationships of interdependence (task and reward) and preference for group work on the satisfaction and performance of group members. Hypotheses were tested among a sample of task-performing group members over a four-month period (N’s = 328–432). Consistent with a “community of fate” perspective, hierarchical regressions revealed that interdependence (task and reward) and preference for group work were positively related to group-member satisfaction. Consistent with “supplies-values fit” framework, the interaction of task interdependence and preference for group work was significantly related to group-member performance. Implications for the design of group tasks, the effects of group-member preferences, and the prediction of individual satisfaction and performance in group contexts are discussed.

Subfields: Communication, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology

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In Communication

1. Jason D. Shaw
2. Raymond A. Noe

In Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

1. Brian R. Dineen
2. Jason D. Shaw
3. Raymond A. Noe
4. M. Duffy

In Social Psychology

1. Jason D. Shaw
2. M. Duffy
3. Raymond A. Noe
4. Brian R. Dineen

Citations in the corpus

• LEVEL AND DISPERSION OF SATISFACTION IN TEAMS: USING FOCI AND SOCIAL CONTEXT TO EXPLAIN THE SATISFACTION-ABSENTEEISM RELATIONSHIP (2007, background): “Although seemingly counterintuitive and lacking homology with individual-level findings, the pattern evidenced here is consistent with recent accounts of actual employee behavior (Weeks, 2004) as well as with the common in-group identity and community of fate perspectives (Brewer & Brown, 1998; Shaw”