What makes a good team player? Personality and team effectiveness.
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Good team players are often defined in trait terms; that is, they are described as dependable, flexible, or cooperative. Our goal is to examine the relationship between team member personality traits and team effectiveness. However, to understand the effects of personality on team performance requires greater specificity in how personality is described and in how team effectiveness is described. A hierarchical model of team member personality is presented that defines higher-level personality traits and specific facets relevant to team performance. Next, a classification of the core teamwork dimensions underlying effective team performance is presented. Finally, predictions are derived linking team member personality facets to specific teamwork requirements. © 2006 APA, all rights reserved.
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Openness to experience is linked to behavioral flexibility because openness is associated with receptivity to change, trying out new things, and being adaptable to changing situations.
“Similarly, openness to experience is linked to behavioral flexibility (Blickle, 1996;Driskell, Goodwin, Salas, & O'Shea, 2006), because openness is associated with receptivity to change, trying out new things, and being adaptable to changing situations (LePine, Colquitt, & Erez, 2000).”
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- Authors
- Driskell, J. E., Goodwin, G. F., Salas, E., & O'Shea, P. G.
- Venue
- Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice
- Published
- 2006-12
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 249-271
- ISSN
- 1089-2699 (ISSN-L)
- 1930-7802
- OpenAlex
- W2165353878
- Cited by
- 260
- References
- 12
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- FWCI
- 6.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Locations
- Group Dynamics Theory Research and Practice (publishedVersion)
- Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Team Dynamics and Performance
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotional Intelligence and Performance
- Keywords
- personality traits, team effectiveness, teamwork, personality facets, team performance
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