Does Work Group Cohesiveness Affect Individuals' Performance and Organizational Commitment?: A Cross-Level Examination

Using a cross-levelframework, the authors hypothesized that work group cohesiveness and perceived task competence would be associated with individual group members'performance and organizational commitment. Specifically, the authors tested whether perceived task competence was positively relate...

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Published in:Small group research 1998-08, Vol.29 (4), p.472-494
Main Authors: Wech, Barbara A., Mossholder, Kevin W., Steel, Robert P., Bennett, Nathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Armed Forces
Biological and medical sciences
Commitments
Employees
Factors
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Group cohesiveness
Group Dynamics
Job Performance
Occupational psychology
Organization and management. Professional relation
Organizational Commitment
Performance standards
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Self directed work teams
Social Cohesion
Task Oriented Groups
United States of America
USA
Work Environment
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Summary:Using a cross-levelframework, the authors hypothesized that work group cohesiveness and perceived task competence would be associated with individual group members'performance and organizational commitment. Specifically, the authors tested whether perceived task competence was positively related to performance and organizational commitment and whether work group cohesiveness would explain variance in performance and organizational commitment beyond what was explained by perceived task competence. Four hundred and seventy-one Air Force and civilian employees representing 71 groups from several sites across the United States were used to test the hypotheses. Hierarchical linear modeling analyses produced support for the expected effects.
ISSN:1046-4964
1552-8278
DOI:10.1177/1046496498294004