Simon Taggar

The development of collective efficacy in teams: A multilevel and longitudinal perspective.

The authors developed and tested a longitudinal multilevel model of collective efficacy formation. In 50 self-managing student teams, they investigated the effects of individual-level and team-level factors on observed behaviors and the subsequent development of collective efficacy for mastering a complex team task. Self-efficacy for teamwork, task-relevant knowledge, and collective efficacy predicted individual teamwork behaviors (rated by peers). Aggregated measures of teamwork behavior were related to subsequent collective efficacy, which was significantly related to final team performance.

Leader and Staff Role-Efficacy as Antecedents of Collective-Efficacy and Team Performance

A model of the relationships between leader role-efficacy for initiating structure behavior, staff role-efficacy for team playing behavior, actual behavior, collective-efficacy, and team performance was tested. Participants (N = 268) were randomly assigned to newly formed teams (n = 59) that worked on a novel task under time constraints. The results showed that leader and staff behavior mediated the relationship between role-specific efficacy and collective-efficacy. In addition, high leader and staff role behavior, in combination, led to the highest collective-efficacy. Low staff role behavior neutralized the effect of high leader role behavior on collective-efficacy, and vice versa. The results also indicated that collective-efficacy mediated the leader role behavior-staff role behavior and team performance relationship.

The role of conscientiousness and extraversion in affecting the relationship between perceptions of group potency and volunteer group member selling behavior: An interactionist perspective:

We studied 284 volunteers, loosely coupled in groups (i.e. low task interdependence, high outcome interdependence), selling memberships in a non-profit organization. Consistent with economic models of altruism, we found individual perceptions of group potency to be negatively related to individual selling behavior (i.e. making telephone calls and customer visits). Furthermore, individual members’ perceptions of group potency were found to interact with two personality traits (conscientiousness and extraversion) to influence individual selling behavior.

Personality tests in accounting research

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a discussion of the ways that personality tests have been used in accounting research.Design/methodology/approach – The paper is structured as a literature review of the personality testing area, with particular emphasis on its application in accounting research.Findings – The idea of personality impacting accounting has received some attention in recent years. However, it is an understudied area and the research to date is somewhat inconclusive. The findings are that over the last decade personality psychologists have made significant advances in personality theory and measurement. This paper summarizes: the theory of personality; the two most common personality typologies (i.e. the Jungian psychology‐based Myers‐Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and the Five Factor Model (FFM); and discusses the application of personality in accounting research.Research limitations/implications – It is somewhat problematical to draw precise boundaries that include all relevan...

The Effects of Warnings and Speeding on Scale Scores and Convergent Validity of Conscientiousness

We examined the effects of warnings and speeding on scale scores and convergent validity of a measure of Conscientiousness in a faking context (N = 329). A completely crossed 2 × 2 experimental design was used in which instructions (no warning or a warning) and speeding (with or without a time limit) were manipulated. No statistically significant effects on scale scores or convergent validity were evidenced for speeding. Warning participants did decrease Conscientiousness scores by almost 1 standard deviation (d = .91). Warnings also moderated the relationship between self- and observer-ratings of Conscientiousness such that the relationship between self- and observer-ratings was statistically significant and positive in the warned conditions (r partial = .29, p < .01, n = 136), but this same relationship was statistically nonsignificant (r partial = −.14, p > .05, n = 148) in the unwarned conditions.

The toll of perceived injustice on job search self-efficacy and behavior

Purpose – Individuals normally make fairness judgements when experiencing negative outcomes on an important task, such as finding employment. Fairness is an affect-laden subjective experience. Perceptions of injustice can cause resource depletion in unemployed job seekers, potentially leading to reduced self-regulation. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of: first, justice perceptions during a job search and their impact on job search self-efficacy (JSSE); second, the mediating role of JSSE between justice perceptions and job search strategies; and third, associations between job search strategies and quantity and quality of job search behavior. Design/methodology/approach – Unemployed individuals (n=254) who were actively searching for a job reported on their past job search experiences with respect to justice, completed measures of JSSE, and reported recent job search behavior. Findings – Results reveal the potentially harmful impact of perceived injustice on job search strategies and ...

Investigating Job Search Clarity: A Motivational and Self-Regulatory Perspective

The current study investigates job search clarity and its impact on two important job search behaviors: job search intensity and the use of job search strategies. We hypothesize and find that job search clarity is positively related to the use of a focused and exploratory job search strategy, and negatively related to the use of a haphazard strategy. Using insights from goal-setting, control, and goal-systems theory, we critically examine the relationship between job search clarity and intensity, challenging the positive linear relationship that past research found, and instead, finding evidence of a curvilinear relationship.