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G A Neuman1, J Wright

  • 1Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb 60115, USA. gneuman@niu.edu

The Journal of Applied Psychology
|June 25, 1999
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Personality traits like Agreeableness and Conscientiousness are key predictors of team performance. These traits, alongside cognitive ability and job skills, significantly enhance team member and work team success.

Area of Science:

  • Organizational Psychology
  • Human Resources Management
  • Team Dynamics

Background:

  • Effective team performance is crucial for organizational success.
  • Predicting team performance requires understanding individual and group-level factors.
  • Job analysis provides a foundation for identifying relevant performance predictors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the validity of general cognitive ability, job-specific skills, and personality traits in predicting human resource work team performance.
  • To examine these predictors at both individual and group levels of analysis.
  • To determine the unique contribution of personality traits to team performance.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized job analysis results to inform predictor selection.

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  • Assessed 79 four-person human resource work teams.
  • Aggregated team member trait and job skill scores using a conjunctive model of task performance.
  • Collected peer ratings, supervisor ratings, and objective performance measures.

    • Main Results:

    • At the individual level, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness predicted peer ratings of team member performance, beyond cognitive ability and job skills.
    • At the group level, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness predicted supervisor ratings of team performance, accuracy, and work completed.
    • The personality trait Agreeableness consistently predicted Interpersonal Skills at both individual and group levels.

    Conclusions:

    • Personality traits, specifically Agreeableness and Conscientiousness, are significant predictors of individual and team performance in human resource settings.
    • These personality traits offer incremental validity over general cognitive ability and job-specific skills.
    • The findings underscore the importance of considering personality in team composition and development for enhanced work team effectiveness.