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Matthew J Pearsall1, Aleksander P J Ellis, Bradford S Bell
1Management and Organization Department, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. mpearsall@rhsmith.umd.edu
Abstract:
The primary purpose of this study was to extend theory and research regarding the emergence of mental models and transactive memory in teams. Utilizing Kozlowski, Gully, Nason, and Smith's (1999) model of team compilation, we examined the effect of role identification behaviors and posited that such behaviors represent the initial building blocks of team cognition during the role compilation phase of team development. We then hypothesized that team mental models and transactive memory would convey the effects of these behaviors onto team performance in the team compilation phase of development. Results from 60 teams working on a command-and-control simulation supported our hypotheses.
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