Publication Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2-2014
Abstract
We examine whether group members’ Big Five personality composition (variability, minimum, and maximum) affects the group’s performance. We employed an experimental design where participants were paid based on their performance in two different group-based experimental tasks: an additive task (where group performance is based on the sum of efforts of all group members) and a conjunctive task (where group performance is based on the performance of the weakest group member). Results indicate that variability in extraversion is positively related to group performance on the additive task but not on the conjunctive task. Conversely, neuroticism maximum score is negatively related to group performance on the conjunctive task but not on the additive task.
Keywords
Personality composition, Task performance, Big-Five, Groups
Discipline
Organizational Behavior and Theory | Personality and Social Contexts
Research Areas
Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources
Publication
Personality and Individual Differences
Volume
58
First Page
132
Last Page
137
ISSN
0191-8869
Identifier
10.1016/j.paid.2013.10.019
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
KRAMER, Amit; BHAVE, Devasheesh P.; and JOHNSON, Tiffany D..
Personality and Group Performance: The Importance of Personality Composition and Work Tasks. (2014). Personality and Individual Differences. 58, 132-137.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3640
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2013.10.019