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Goal congruence in project teams: does the fit between members' personal mastery and performance goals matter?
A L Kristof-Brown1, C K Stevens
1Henry B. Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA. amy-kristof-brown@uiowa.edu
Abstract:
Research on team goals rarely considers the impact of congruence in perceptions of personal goals of self versus other members. In this study of 324 members of 64 short-term project teams, polynomial regression analysis was used to explore how congruence in personal and perceived team mastery and performance goals affected individual outcomes. Results indicated that congruence in perceived performance goals elicited greater individual satisfaction and contributions, regardless of goal strength (i.e.. high or low personal performance goals). Conversely, perceived team mastery goals had a greater effect on individual outcomes than did perceived congruence in self-other mastery goals. Congruent self-actual team goals showed weaker but similar relationships to individual outcomes, but contrary to hypotheses, this effect was not mediated by congruence in perceived self-other goals.
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