Journal article
Channeled Autonomy: The Joint Effects of Autonomy and Feedback on Team Performance Through Organizational Goal Clarity
Journal of management, Vol.42(7), pp.2018-2033
11/01/2016
DOI: 10.1177/0149206314535443
Abstract
Past research suggests that autonomy has highly variable effects on team performance, and that one explanation for this pattern of findings is that autonomous teams fall into a state of disorder where they lack clarity regarding the goals of the broader organization. Following this perspective, the authors develop a model proposing that performance feedback coupled with high autonomy enables teams to have greater clarity of the organization's goals, which in turn increases team performance. This model was tested on 110 teams in a defense industry manufacturing firm in South Korea using mediated-moderation techniques. Results indicate that highly autonomous teams that receive a high degree of performance feedback outperform other teams because of their heightened level of organizational goal clarity. In contrast, highly autonomous teams that receive low levels of feedback perform at the lowest levels compared to other teams because of a lack of organizational goal clarity. The authors discuss the implications of these findings for theory, research, and practice.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Channeled Autonomy: The Joint Effects of Autonomy and Feedback on Team Performance Through Organizational Goal Clarity
- Creators
- Erik Gonzalez-Mule - University of IowaStephen H. Courtright - Mitchell InstituteDavid DeGeest - University of IowaJee-Young Seong - National Institute of Science and TechnologyDoo-Seung Hong - Seoul National University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of management, Vol.42(7), pp.2018-2033
- Publisher
- Sage
- DOI
- 10.1177/0149206314535443
- ISSN
- 0149-2063
- eISSN
- 1557-1211
- Number of pages
- 16
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2016
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship
- Record Identifier
- 9984380407202771
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