Team Boundary Work and Team Workload Demands: Their Interactive Effect on Team Vigor and Team Effectiveness

Item Type Journal paper
Abstract Drawing from team-level job demands-resources theory, we hypothesize that team workload demands moderate the positive link between team boundary work (i.e., boundary spanning and boundary buffering) and team effectiveness (i.e., team innovation and team performance), such that boundary work is more beneficial for team effectiveness when teams face higher team workload demands. Furthermore, we predict that this interaction occurs through increased team vigor, where team vigor is defined as an affective emergent state characterized by positive valences and high activation levels experienced by team members. We largely find support for our model across two field studies: a cross-sectional survey using three independent data sources (89 automotive research and development teams, including 724 team members, 89 team leaders, and 18 managers) and a time-lagged survey using two independent data sources (139 teams working in a Chinese utility company, including 640 team members and 139 team leaders). Our article contributes to team research by broadening our understanding of when and how team boundary work is associated with greater team effectiveness.
Authors Leicht-Deobald, Ulrich; Lam, Chak Fu; Bruch, Heike; Kunze, Florian & Wu, Wen
Projects Leicht-Deobald, Ulrich (2015) Managing Boundaries within Organizations [fundamental research project]
Journal or Publication Title Human Resource Management
Language English
Keywords Team boundary work, boundary spanning, boundary buffering, team workload demands, team vigor, team innovation, team performance
Subjects business studies
social sciences
behavioral science
HSG Classification contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area SoM - Responsible Corporate Competitiveness (RoCC)
Refereed Yes
Date 2022
Publisher Wiley
ISSN 0090-4848
Publisher DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.22104
Contact Email Address ulrich.leicht-deobald@unisg.ch
Depositing User Dr. Ulrich Leicht-Deobald
Date Deposited 25 Jan 2022 09:55
Last Modified 20 Jul 2022 17:47
URI: https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/publications/265695

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Leicht-Deobald, Ulrich; Lam, Chak Fu; Bruch, Heike; Kunze, Florian & Wu, Wen (2022) Team Boundary Work and Team Workload Demands: Their Interactive Effect on Team Vigor and Team Effectiveness. Human Resource Management, ISSN 0090-4848

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