A Meta-Analysis of Team-Efficacy, Potency, and Performance: Interdependence and Level of Analysis as Moderators of Observed Relationships

• Published in: Journal of applied psychology 2002-10, Vol.87 (5), p.819-832
• Main Authors: Gully, Stanley M, Incalcaterra, Kara A, Joshi, Aparna, Beaubien, J. Matthew
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Analysis; Applied psychology; Biological and medical sciences; Codependency (Psychology); Cognition; Cooperative Behavior; Efficacy; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Human; Humans; Independence; Interdependence; Interpersonal Interaction; Interpersonal Relations; Meta-analysis; Occupational psychology; Psychological aspects; Psychology; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Social relations; Statistical analysis; Studies; Systematic review; Task performance; Team work; Teams; Teamwork; Work condition. Job performance. Stress; Workplace
• ISSN: 0021-9010; 1939-1854
• DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.87.5.819

Meta-analytic techniques were used to examine level of analysis and interdependence as moderators of observed relationships between task-specific team-efficacy, generalized potency, and performance. Sixty-seven empirical studies yielding 256 effect sizes were identified and meta-analyzed. Results demonstrated that relationships are moderated by level of analysis. Effect sizes were stronger at the team level (ρ =.39) than at the individual level (ρ =.20). At the team level, both team-efficacy and potency had positive relationships with performance (ρs =.41 and.37, respectively). Interdependence significantly moderated the relationship between team-efficacy and performance, but not between potency and performance. The relationship between team-efficacy and performance was stronger when interdependence was high (ρ =.45) than when it was low (ρ =.34).