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- Abstract
- The Potential for Personality as a Team Selection Measure
- The Research Evidence
- PERSONALITY AS A SELECTION MEASURE
- PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE
- PERSONALITY AND TEAM PERFORMANCE
- Conscientiousness
- Extroversion
- Neuroticism
- Agreeableness
- Openness to Experience
- HETEROGENEITY OF PERSONALITIES
- New Research
- Potential Issues in Using Personality Testing for Team Membership
- FAKING
- FAIRNESS
- EMPLOYEE REACTIONS
- LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
- Summary
- Implications for I-O Psychologists
- AN AGENDA FOR RESEARCH
- Team Task Performance
- Core Team Behaviours
- Contingent Team Behaviours
- CURRENT STRATEGIES FOR PRACTITIONERS
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Abstract
Teams are a growing phenomenon in the Canadian workplace as organizations face constant pressure to flatten the traditional hierarchy and maintain a structure that allows constant adaptation to the changing business environment. When teams are successful they have the potential of providing many benefits such as increased flexibility and creativity. However, when teams fail, they waste considerable resources. Therefore, organizations need to be concerned with maximizing the probability of team success. One of the simplest ways of doing this is to focus on team membership. Personality, which has been shown to contribute to the prediction of individual performance may also have a role in predicting team performance. The purpose of this paper is to establish what we currently know about personality as an individual and team selection measure, to establish a systematic research plan for team selection using personality, and to suggest the implications of what we do know about personality as a team selection measure.
Le travail d’équipe est un phénomène de plus en plus courant au Canada dans la mesure où les organisations doivent faire face à des pressions continuelles pour aplanir la hiérarchie traditionnelle et maintenir une structure qui permette une adaptation constante à un environnement d’entreprise changeant. Lorsque les équipes fonctionnent bien, le travail d’équipe représente plusieurs avantages dont celui d’accroître la flexibilité et la créativité. Par contre, lorsqu’elles fonctionnnent mal, il devient source de pertes considérables. Les organisations doivent donc maximiser les perspectives de succès du travail d’équipe. L’une des façons les plus simples de le faire est de se concentrer sur la composition de l’équipe. Il a déjà été prouvé que la personnalité permet de prévoir le rendement individuel; elle pourrait donc permettre également de prévoir le rendement d’équipe. Le présent...