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Team work engagement: A model of emergence
Author(s) -
Costa Patrícia L.,
Passos Ana M.,
Bakker Arnold B.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of occupational and organizational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0963-1798
DOI - 10.1111/joop.12057
Subject(s) - teamwork , psychology , enthusiasm , work engagement , work (physics) , team effectiveness , dynamics (music) , employee engagement , team composition , conceptual model , psychological safety , social psychology , knowledge management , applied psychology , computer science , public relations , management , engineering , political science , mechanical engineering , pedagogy , database , economics
Research has shown that work engagement, both at the individual and team levels, is relevant to understand employee performance and well‐being. Nonetheless, there is no theoretical model that explains the development of work engagement in teams that takes into consideration what is already known about team dynamics and processes. This study addresses this gap in the literature, presenting a model for the emergence of team work engagement. The model proposes team inputs, outputs, and mediators as predictors of team work engagement and highlights their recursive influences over time. This conceptual work provides a starting point for further research on team work engagement, allowing for distinguishing individual and team constructs. Practitioner points The degree of energy and enthusiasm of teams depends on the way they interact. The affective and motivational dynamics of teams have consequences for their performance and well‐being. The emergence of team work engagement is better understood within the literature of teamwork.