Stronger together: A multilevel study of collective strengths use and team performance

Maria Christina Meyers, Marianne van Woerkom and Robin Bauwens

Journal of Business Research, 2023, vol. 159, issue C

Abstract: Recently, strengths used at the team level, that is, collective strengths use, has been introduced as a novel construct that consists of the sub-dimensions of strengths awareness, credibility, and coordination, and influences individual as well as team performance. In this study, we developed a scale to measure this novel construct; moreover, we empirically tested the hypotheses that collective strengths use relates positively to team performance, and that individual performance mediates, while strengths diversity moderates, this relationship. We tested the resulting 2-1-2 moderated mediation model using a sample of 136 work teams encompassing 925 individual employees and their leaders. Cluster-corrected structural equation modeling supported the expected direct relationship between collective strengths use and individual performance and leader-rated team performance, but provided no support for the mediation and mixed support for the moderation hypotheses. Importantly, the analysis revealed differential relationships between the three sub-dimensions of collective strengths use and individual- and team-level performance.

Keywords: Collective strengths use; Multilevel study; Strengths diversity; Performance; Work teams (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.113728

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