1,345
Views
13
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

The effects of situational goal orientation and cultural learning values on team performance and adaptation to change

&
Pages 239-253 | Received 01 Jun 2014, Accepted 20 Apr 2015, Published online: 14 May 2015

References

  • Ames, C. (1992). Classrooms: Goals, structures, and student motivation. Journal of Educational Psychology, 84, 261–271. doi:10.1037/0022-0663.84.3.261
  • Argote, L., Gruenfeld, D., & Naquin, C. (1999). Group learning in organizations. In M. E. Turner (Ed.), Groups at work: Advances in theory and research (pp. 369–411). New York, NY: Erlbaum.
  • Banker, R. D., Field, J. M., Schroeder, R. G., & Sinha, K. K. (1996). Impact of work teams on manufacturing performance: A longitudinal field study. Academy of Management Journal, 39, 867–890.
  • Barney, J. B. (1986). Organizational culture: Can it be a source of sustained competitive advantage? Academy of Management Review, 11, 656–665. doi:10.5465/AMR.1986.4306261
  • Bates, K. A., Amundson, S. D., Schroeder, R. G., & Morris, W. T. (1995). The crucial interrelationship between manufacturing strategy and organizational culture. Management Science, 41, 1565–1580. doi:10.1287/mnsc.41.10.1565
  • Beck, J. W., & Schmidt, A. M. (2013). State-level goal orientations as mediators of the relationship between time pressure and performance: A longitudinal study. Journal of Applied Psychology, 98, 354–363. doi:10.1037/a0031145
  • Bereby-Meyer, Y., Moran, S., & Unger-Aviram, E. (2004). When performance goals deter performance: Transfer of skills in integrative negotiations. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 93, 142–154. doi:10.1016/j.obhdp.2003.11.001
  • Bunderson, J. S., & Sutcliffe, K. M. (2003). Management team learning orientation and business unit performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88, 552–560. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.88.3.552
  • Button, S. B., Mathieu, J. E., & Zajac, D. M. (1996). Goal orientation in organizational research: A conceptual and empirical foundation. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 67, 26–48. doi:10.1006/obhd.1996.0063
  • Campbell, D. J. (1988). Task complexity: A review and analysis. Academy of Management Review, 13, 40–52.
  • Chen, G., & Gogus, C. I. (2008). Motivation in and of work teams: A multilevel perspective. In R. Kanfer, G. Chen, & R. D. Pritchard (Eds.), Work motivation: Past, present, & future. New York, NY: Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Denison, D. R., & Mishra, A. K. (1995). Toward a theory of organizational culture and effectiveness. Organization Science, 6, 204–223. doi:10.1287/orsc.6.2.204
  • DeShon, R. P., Kozlowski, S. W. J., Schmidt, A. M., Milner, K. R., & Wiechmann, D. (2004). A multiple-goal, multilevel model of feedback effects on the regulation of individual and team performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89, 1035–1056. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.89.6.1035
  • Drach-Zahavy, A., & Erez, M. (2002). Challenge versus threat effects on the goal-performance relationship. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 88, 667–682. doi:10.1016/S0749-5978(02)00004-3
  • Dragoni, L. (2005). Understanding the emergence of state goal orientation in organizational work groups: The role of leadership and multilevel climate perceptions. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90, 1084–1095. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.90.6.1084
  • Dragoni, L., & Kuenzi, M. (2012). Better understanding work unit goal orientation: Its emergence and impact under different types of work unit structure. Journal of Applied Psychology, 97, 1032–1048. doi:10.1037/a0028405
  • Dweck, C. (1986). Motivational processes affecting learning. American Psychologist, 41, 1040–1048. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.41.10.1040
  • Dweck, C. S., & Leggett, E. L. (1988). A social cognitive approach to motivation and personality. Psychological Review, 95, 256–273. doi:10.1037/0033-295X.95.2.256
  • Edmondson, A. C. (1996). Learning from mistakes is easier said than done: Group and organizational influences on the detection and correction of error. Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences, 32, 5–32. doi:10.1177/0021886396321001
  • Edmondson, A. C. (1999). Psychological safety and learning behavior in work teams. Administrative Science Quarterly, 44, 350–383.
  • Edmondson, A. C. (2002). The local and variegated nature of learning in organizations: A group-level perspective. Organization Science, 13, 128–146. doi:10.1287/orsc.13.2.128.530
  • Elliot, E. S., & Dweck, C. S. (1988). Goals: An approach to motivation and achievement. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54, 5–12. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.54.1.5
  • Ellis, S., Caridi, O., Lipshitz, R., & Popper, M. (1999). Perceived error criticality and organizational learning: An empirical investigation. Knowledge and Process Management, 6, 166–175. doi:10.1002/(ISSN)1099-1441
  • Ellis, S., & Maidan-Gilad, N. (1997). Effects of organizational learning mechanisms on organizational performance and shared mental models during planned change (Working Paper No. 25/97). Tel Aviv-Yafo: The Israel Institute of Business Research, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv.
  • Erez, M., & Earley, C. (1993). Culture, self-identity, & work (pp. 95–118). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
  • Gong, Y., Kim, T.-Y., Lee, D.-R., & Zhu, J. (2013). A multilevel model of team goal orientation, information exchange, and creativity. Academy of Management Journal, 56, 827–851. doi:10.5465/amj.2011.0177
  • Grant, H., & Dweck, C. S. (2003). Clarifying achievement goals and their impact. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 541–553. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.85.3.541
  • Hartnell, C. A., Ou, A. Y., & Kinicki, A. (2011). Organizational culture and organizational effectiveness: A meta-analytic investigation of the competing values framework’s theoretical assumptions. Journal of Applied Psychology, 96, 677–694. doi:10.1037/a0021987
  • Kasl, E., Marsick, V. J., & Dechant, K. (1997). Teams as learners. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 33, 227–246. doi:10.1177/0021886397332010
  • Katzenbach, J. R., & Smith, D. K. (1993). The discipline of teams. Harvard Business Review, 71, 111–120.
  • Kozlowski, S. W. J., & Bell, B. S. (2006). Disentangling achievement orientation and goal setting: Effects on self-regulatory processes. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91, 900–916. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.91.4.900
  • Kozlowski, S. W. J., Gully, S. M., Brown, K. G., Salas, E. M., Smith, E. M., & Nason, E. R. (2001). Effects of training goals and goal orientation traits on multidimensional training outcomes and performance adaptability. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 85, 1–31. doi:10.1006/obhd.2000.2930
  • Lawrence, A., & Lawrence, P. (2009). Values congruence and organisational commitment: P—O fit in higher education institutions. Journal of Academic Ethics, 7, 297–314. doi:10.1007/s10805-010-9103-2
  • LePine, J. A. (2005). Adaptation of teams in response to unforeseen change: Effects of goal difficulty and team composition in terms of cognitive ability and goal orientation. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90, 1153–1167. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.90.6.1153
  • Lovelace, K., Shapiro, D. L., & Weingart, L. (2001). Maximizing cross-functional new product teams’ innovativeness and constraint adherence: A conflict communications perspective. Academy of Management Journal, 44, 779–793. doi:10.2307/3069415
  • Mangos, P. M., & Steele-Johnson, D. (2001). The role of subjective task complexity in goal orientation, self-efficacy and performance relations. Human Performance, 14, 169–185. doi:10.1207/S15327043HUP1402_03
  • Mehta, A., Feild, H., Armenakis, A., & Mehta, N. (2009). Team goal orientation and team performance: The mediating role of team planning. Journal of Management, 35, 1026–1046. doi:10.1177/0149206308326773
  • Mohrman, S. A., Cohen, S. G., & Mohrman, A. M. (1995). Designing team-based organizations. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
  • Okhuysen, G. A. (2001). Structuring change: Familiarity and formal interventions in problem-solving groups. Academy of Management Journal, 44, 794–808. doi:10.2307/3069416
  • Park, G., Spitzmuller, M., & DeShon, R. P. (2013). Advancing our understanding of team motivation: Integrating conceptual approaches and content areas. Journal of Management, 39, 1339–1379. doi:10.1177/0149206312471389
  • Payne, S. C., Youngcourt, S. S., & Beaubien, J. M. (2007). A meta-analytic examination of the goal orientation nomological net. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 128–150. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.92.1.128
  • Pieterse, A. N., Knippenberg, D. V., & Dierendonck, D. V. (2013). Cultural diversity and team performance: The role of team member goal orientation. Academy of Management Journal, 56, 782–804. doi:10.5465/amj.2010.0992
  • Pintrich, P. R. (2000). An achievement goal theory perspective on issues in motivation terminology, theory, and research. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 25, 92–104. doi:10.1006/ceps.1999.1017
  • Popper, M., & Lipshitz, R. (1998). Organizational learning mechanisms: A structural/cultural approach to organizational learning. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 34, 161–179. doi:10.1177/0021886398342003
  • Porath, C. L., & Bateman, T. S. (2006). Self-regulation: From goal orientation to job performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91, 185–192. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.91.1.185
  • Porter, C. O. L. H., Webb, J. W., & Gogus, C. I. (2010). When goal orientations collide: Effects of learning and performance orientation on team adaptability in response to workload imbalance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 95, 935–943. doi:10.1037/a0019637
  • Pulakos, E. D., Arad, S., Donovan, M. A., & Plamondon, K. E. (2000). Adaptability in the workplace: Development of a taxonomy of adaptive performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 85, 612–624. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.85.4.612
  • Rousseau, V., Aubé, C., & Savoie, A. (2006). Teamwork behaviors: A review and an integration of frameworks. Small Group Research, 37, 540–570. doi:10.1177/1046496406293125
  • Ryan, R., & Deci, E. (2000). Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. American Psychologist, 55, 68–78. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.55.1.68
  • Salas, E., Goodwin, G., & Burke, C. S. (Eds.). (2010). Team effectiveness in complex organizations: Cross-disciplinary perspectives and approaches. Hillsdale, NJ: LEA.
  • Schneider, B. (1975). Organizational climates: An essay. Personnel Psychology, 28, 447–479. doi:10.1111/peps.1975.28.issue-4
  • Scott-Young, C., & Samson, D. (2008). Project success and project team management: Evidence from capital projects in the process industries. Journal of Operations Management, 26, 749–766. doi:10.1016/j.jom.2007.10.006
  • Seijts, G. H., Latham, G. P., Tasa, K., & Latham, B. W. (2004). Goal setting and goal orientation: An integration of two different yet related literatures. Academy of Management Journal, 47, 227–239. doi:10.2307/20159574
  • Senge, P. (1990). The fifth discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization. New York, NY: Doubleday.
  • Shahaf, G. (1994). Building bridges: Design, computers, and learning. Machine-Mediated Learning, 4, 335–375.
  • Van de Walle, D. (1997). Development and validation of a work domain goal orientation instrument. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 57, 995–1015. doi:10.1177/0013164497057006009
  • Weick, K. E. (2000). Quality improvement: A sense-making perspective. In E. R. Cole & W. R. Scott (Eds.), The quality movement & organization theory. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Wiedow, A., & Konradt, U. (2011). Two-dimensional structure of team process improvement: Team reflection and team adaptation. Small Group Research, 42, 32–54. doi:10.1177/1046496410377358
  • Winters, D., & Latham, G. (1996). The effect of learning versus outcome goals on a simple versus a complex task. Group and Organization Management, 21, 236–250. doi:10.1177/1059601196212007
  • Wood, R., & Locke, E. A. (1990). Goal setting and strategy effects on complex tasks. In B. Staw & L. Cummings (Eds.), Research in organization behavior (Vol. 12, pp. 73–109). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
  • Wood, R. E. (1986). Task complexity: Definition of the construct. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 37, 60–82. doi:10.1016/0749-5978(86)90044-0
  • Yeo, G., Loft, S., Xiao, T., & Kiewitz, C. (2009). Goal orientations and performance: Differential relationships across levels of analysis and as a function of task demands. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94, 710–726. doi:10.1037/a0015044
  • Yeo, G., & Neal, A. (2004). A multilevel analysis of effort, practice, and performance: Effects; of ability, conscientiousness, and goal orientation. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89, 231–247. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.89.2.231

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.