Mix It Up? The Influence of Team Composition on Employee Perceptions of Stressors in a Post-Merger Environment

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science ◽

10.1177/0021886320923370 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 002188632092337

Author(s):

Angela R. Grotto ◽

Jeanine K. Andreassi

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Analysis ◽

Employee Perceptions ◽

Organizational Restructuring ◽

Team Composition ◽

Team Heterogeneity ◽

Major Shortcoming ◽

Diversity Studies ◽

Unique Context ◽

Heterogeneous Teams

Organizational restructuring that follows mergers can be stressful for employees. Heterogeneous team structures may intensify merger-related stressors, as legacy company serves as a faultline, which can create conflict and disunity. However, findings from diversity studies suggest that team heterogeneity has some advantages. We addressed a major shortcoming in the team stressor research, which has insufficiently considered the roles of team heterogeneity (vs. homogeneity) in perceptions of stressors. We explored how team composition (based on legacy company) shapes perceptions of merger-related stressors. Qualitative analysis of employee comments post-merger revealed that stressors varied across team compositions. Heterogeneous teams were not unequivocally stressful and results differed by employee legacy company. Homogeneous acquired teams were most disadvantaged. Homogeneous acquiring teams were least stressed. Accordingly, we created labels that describe each team’s unique context, which can advance team stressor research and help leaders properly support employees in a post-merger environment based on their teams’ composition.

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The Influence of Team Composition on Attacking and Defending in Football

Journal of Sports Economics ◽

10.1177/1527002517716974 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 19 (8) ◽

pp. 1174-1190 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Garry A. Gelade

Keyword(s):

Beneficial Effect ◽

Group Dynamics ◽

The Other ◽

Team Composition ◽

Team Heterogeneity ◽

Other Hand ◽

Soccer Teams ◽

European Football ◽

Overall Performance ◽

Heterogeneous Teams

This article examines the effects of team composition on the performance of European football (soccer) teams. The scorelines of 1,822 matches involving 98 first-tier teams were analyzed in terms of the overall ability of the teams and the spread of player abilities (heterogeneity) within them. As expected, total team ability has a beneficial effect on performance; the number of goals a team scores is positively related to its own ability and negatively related to the ability of its opponents. Team heterogeneity on the other hand has both beneficial and detrimental effects on performance. Heterogeneous teams score more goals than homogeneous teams, but they also concede more goals. As the effect of heterogeneity on goals conceded is greater than its effect on goals scored, the net effect of heterogeneity is to depress overall performance. The results are discussed in terms of Steiner’s framework of group dynamics.

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Team Member Subjective Communication in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Teams

The Accounting Review ◽

10.2308/accr-52002 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 93 (5) ◽

pp. 1-22 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Markus C. Arnold ◽

R. Lynn Hannan ◽

Ivo D. Tafkov

Keyword(s):

Team Performance ◽

Team Member ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Data Availability ◽

Team Composition ◽

Team Members ◽

Behavioral Theories ◽

Positive Effect ◽

Heterogeneous Teams

ABSTRACT This study investigates whether subjective communication from team members to a manager responsible for allocating performance-based bonuses increases team performance and whether the efficacy of such communication is reduced in heterogeneous teams. We draw on both economic and behavioral theories to predict that communication content, even though subjective, provides information that enables the manager to allocate bonuses so as to enhance the relation between individuals' contributions and rewards, thereby increasing individuals' effort and team performance. However, we also predict that the positive effect of team member subjective communication is more muted when team members' abilities are heterogeneous compared to homogeneous. We test these predictions via an experiment. Consistent with our predictions, team member subjective communication has a positive effect on team performance, and the positive effect is more muted for heterogeneous teams. Results of our study contribute to both theory and practice by enhancing our understanding of the role of subjective communication from team members to team managers in motivating effort in teams and, particularly, how its efficacy is affected by team composition. Data Availability: Data are available from the authors upon request.

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Employee Perceptions of Institutional Quality of Tourism Area in Jumiang, Pamekasan District

Jurnal Penelitian Sosial dan Ekonomi Kehutanan ◽

10.20886/jpsek.2020.17.3.177-192 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 177-192

Author(s):

Campina Illa Prihantini ◽

Lutfiyanto Lutfiyanto

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Analysis ◽

Sustainable Tourism ◽

Institutional Quality ◽

Employee Perceptions ◽

Natural Conditions ◽

The Past ◽

Institutional Strengthening ◽

Educational Tourism ◽

Perception Analysis

The Jumiang tourism area is located in Pademawu Subdistrict, Pamekasan District, which is one of the tourism areas that can be built as educational tourism. This is based on natural conditions and the potential possessed by this tourism area. Since the tourism awareness group (pok-darwis) was formed, the tourist area of Jumiang is now making many improvements, especially in the availability of tourist facilities and attractions. This is aimed at attracting the number of tourists that declined in the past few years. The existence of Pok-Darwis is certainly the spearhead of the sustainability of the management of the Jumiang tourist area. This study uses qualitative analysis with a focus on institutional perception analysis. This analysis is expected to provide an evaluation to the relevant parties so that the management of Jumiang tourism area will be better so that the concept of sustainable tourism and education tourism can be achieved. The results of the analysis show that the institutional quality of Pok-Darwis for the Jumiang Tourism Area still has weaknesses, such as in terms of institutional strengthening. However, the institutional effectiveness of the Jumiang tourism area can be said to be effective.

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