The Influence of Team Efficacy and Intra-group Relationship on Performance and Attribution

Eyal Eckhaus (), Jeffrey Kantor () and Galit Klein ()
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Eyal Eckhaus: Ariel University
Jeffrey Kantor: Ariel University
Galit Klein: Ariel University

No 5808266, Proceedings of International Academic Conferences from International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences

Abstract: The current study examines the influence of team efficacy and intra-group relationship on team performance and team attribution in cases of success and failure. One hundred and twenty nine accountancy students (43 teams) participated in a board game in which one out of three teams won. Findings show that intra-group relationship influences team performance via the mediation of team-efficacy. We also found that positive intra-group relationship was connected to internal locus of causality while negative relationship was linked to external factors, suggesting on group-serving bias. This pattern was differentiated between the two groups in relation to performance. The winning team attributed higher earning capital to internal causes and a lower amount to external factors. This pattern was reversed in the losing team; higher amount of capital was attributed to external reasons, while lower amount was attributed to internal causes. We explained this pattern by differences in team-efficacy and intra-group relationship.

Keywords: team-efficacy; performance; intra-group relationship; attribution; locus of causality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 1 page
Date: 2017-10
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Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 33rd International Academic Conference, Vienna, Oct 2017, pages 74-74

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