Journal article
Harmful Help: The Costs of Backing-Up Behavior in Teams
Journal of applied psychology, Vol.93(3), pp.529-539
05/01/2008
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.93.3.529
PMID: 18457485
Abstract
Prior research on backing-up behavior has indicated that it is beneficial to teams (
C. O. L. H. Porter, 2005
;
C. O. L. H. Porter et al., 2003
). This literature has focused on how backing-up behavior aids backup recipients in tasks in which workload is unevenly distributed among team members. The authors of the present study examined different contexts of workload distribution and found that, in addition to the initial benefits to backup recipients, there are initial and subsequent costs. Backing-up behavior leads backup providers to neglect their own taskwork, especially when workload is evenly distributed. Team members who receive high amounts of backing-up behavior decrease their taskwork in a subsequent task, especially when a team member can observe their workload. These findings indicate that it is important to consider both the benefits and costs of engaging in backing-up behavior.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Harmful Help: The Costs of Backing-Up Behavior in Teams
- Creators
- Christopher M Barnes - Michigan State UniversityJohn R Hollenbeck - Michigan State UniversityDavid T Wagner - Michigan State UniversityD. Scott DeRue - University of Michigan–Ann ArborJennifer D Nahrgang - Michigan State UniversityKelly M Schwind - Michigan State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of applied psychology, Vol.93(3), pp.529-539
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- DOI
- 10.1037/0021-9010.93.3.529
- PMID
- 18457485
- ISSN
- 0021-9010
- eISSN
- 1939-1854
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/01/2008
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship
- Record Identifier
- 9984406150502771
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