1. What are the contributions mentioned in the paper "Does backing up behavior explain the efficacy–performance relationship in teams?" ?
In the current study, the authors explore the role of backing up behavior, a specific form of teamwork behavior, in explaining why high efficacy beliefs lead to high levels of team performance.. Results of the study revealed that collective efficacy beliefs were positively related to team performance and that backing up behaviors largely mediated these effects.. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.
read more
2. What have the authors stated for future works in "Does backing up behavior explain the efficacy–performance relationship in teams?" ?
Extending this idea, an interesting area for future research would be to explore situations in which, although overall collective efficacy beliefs are high, members have lower amounts of confidence in some subset of members in their team.. Somewhat related, another clear avenue for future research would be to explore potential boundary conditions of the positive effects the authors found for collective efficacy beliefs on backing up behavior.. Now that the authors have established that backing up behavior can account for a large portion of the efficacy–performance relationship, researchers should incorporate other teamwork processes into future studies.. Given their findings, the authors suggest that future research continue to focus specifically on action teamwork processes ( e. g., Marks et al., 2001 ).
read more
