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Team Goal Orientation and Team Performance: The Mediating Role of Team Planning

College of Business, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, mehtaan{at}auburn.edu

Hubert Feild

College of Business, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849

Achilles Armenakis

College of Business, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849

Nikhil Mehta

School of Business & Industry, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 32307

This study examines the relationships between team goal orientation, the team self-regulation tactic of team planning, and team performance of 91 student teams engaged in complex decision-making tasks requiring analytical skills. In contrast to previous findings involving individuals, the authors' results indicate that team performance-prove goal orientation, but not team learning goal orientation, influenced team performance through its impact on team planning. Implications of these results are discussed in terms of enhancing team performance by emphasizing team planning and team performance-prove goal orientation.

Key Words: team goal orientation • team planning • team performance

This version was published on August 1, 2009

Journal of Management, Vol. 35, No. 4, 1026-1046 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0149206308326773


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