Status Inertia and Member Replacement in Role-Differentiated Teams
Status Inertia and Member Replacement in Role-Differentiated Teams
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角色差异化团队中的地位惯性与成员更替
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2014
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Raymond T. Sparrowe
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J. Bunderson;Gerben S. van der Vegt;Raymond T. Sparrowe
一个新成员的到来可以为小组的学习和业绩改进提供动力，但只有在新成员在新小组中获得地位的情况下。我们在成员更换的情况下检查新成员的状态，即，当一个新来者在一个既定的群体中承担现有的角色时。根据地位特征和地位建构理论，我们认为，在角色分化群体中，地位是惯性的--名义角色获得地位价值，这些与角色相关的地位归因会影响新来者的地位。我们还建议，这些惯性状态动态可以受到主机与捐助者组的相对性能，他们将有后果的组性能。这些假设得到了支持，在一个受控的设置使用团队参与了几轮的管理模拟演习。本研究的理论和结果对研究群体内地位、群体成员变化以及通过成员轮换实现知识转移具有重要意义。
The arrival of a new member can provide the impetus for learning and performance improvement in groups, but only if the newcomer is accorded status within the new group. We examine newcomer status in cases of member replacement, i.e., when a newcomer assumes an existing role within an established group. Drawing from status characteristics and status construction theories, we suggest that status in role-differentiated groups is inertial—nominal roles acquire status value, and these role-related status attributions carry forward to affect the status of a replacement newcomer. We also suggest that these inertial status dynamics can be affected by the relative performance of the host versus donor group and that they will have consequences for group performance. These hypotheses were supported in a controlled setting using teams engaged in several rounds of a management simulation exercise. The theory and results of this study have important implications for research on intragroup status, membership change in groups, and the transfer of knowledge through member rotation.