The effects of team strategic orientation on team process and information search

• Autores: Anita Williams Woolley, Julia B. Bear, Jin Wook Chang, Arwen Hunter DeCostanza
• Localización: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, ISSN-e 1095-9920, Vol. 122, Nº. 2, 2013, págs. 114-126
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • We tested the effects of team strategic orientation on team member perceptions, work strategy and information search. In Experiment 1, 80 teams worked on a hidden profile decision-making task. A defensive team strategic orientation increased members� perceptions of the problem�s scope, leading to a more process-focused work strategy and broader information search compared to an offensive team strategic orientation. When teams needed critical information from the environment, defensive teams outperformed offensive teams; offensive teams performed better when critical information resided within the team. In Experiment 2, these findings were replicated with 92 teams performing a different decision task. When making a second decision, half of the teams were led to change their strategic orientation; teams shifting from offense to defense altered their information search behavior more readily than did teams shifting in the opposite direction, suggesting an asymmetric adaptation effect.