Abstract
The authors develop and test theoretical extensions of the relationships of task conflict, relationship conflict, and 2 dimensions of team effectiveness (performance and team-member satisfaction) among 2 samples of work teams in Taiwan and Indonesia. Findings show that relationship conflict moderates the task conflict-team performance relationship. Specifically, the relationship is curvilinear in the shape of an inverted U when relationship conflict is low, but the relationship is linear and negative when relationship conflict is high. The results for team-member satisfaction are more equivocal, but the findings provide some evidence that relationship conflict exacerbates the negative relationship between task conflict and team-member satisfaction.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 391-400 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Applied Psychology |
Volume | 96 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2011 |
Keywords
- Relationship conflict
- Task conflict
- Team performance
- Team processes