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Differentiated selves help only when identification is strong and tasks are complex
Bernard A Nijstad1, Carsten K W De Dreu2
1Department of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior,University of Groningen,9747 AE Groningen,The Netherlandsb.a.nijstad@rug.nlhttp://www.rug.nl/staff/b.a.nijstad/.
The Behavioral and Brain Sciences
|March 31, 2017
Abstract:
Whereas differentiation is overestimated - it more often hurts than helps group performance - identification is underestimated. A more viable perspective sees identification and cooperative motivation as the sine qua non of group functioning, with differentiation helping in a relatively narrow set of cognitively complex tasks that require creativity and deep and deliberate information processing by individual members.