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Feel it to develop it: Team work engagement builds effective teams: A contribution to the study of team engagement from an affective and behavioral perspective
| Resumo: | With this thesis, we seek to give a contribution to the Team Work Engagement construct development. Following calls to research emergent phenomena by focusing on the microinteractions that allow for its operationalization (e.g., Kozlowski & Chao, 2012), we focus on team behavior to unveil specific cues that drive the emergence of Team Work Engagement (TWE). The first study draws from literature to compile theoretically driven team behaviors and empirically tests them, resulting in a parsimonious list of TWE observable behaviors. The second study, using a qualitative approach, validates whether these behaviors are perceivable during team interaction, which they are, supporting observational methods as a valid approach to study TWE. Furtherly, we shift our focus from team behavior to team affect, as the latter has an impact on the former. The third study examines how emotional closeness among team members, particularly in virtual contexts, affects TWE, considering the role of technology and team Familiarity. Teams were assigned a task and completed a questionnaire. Results showed that Familiarity among team members fosters closeness, reducing emotional isolation, enhancing technology use, and ultimately boosting TWE’s levels. While keeping a focus on affect as an inducer of team behavior and impacts on TWE, we developed a fourth study investigating how daily work-related affective events, perceived as significant, trigger affective reactions that influence team behavior and TWE. Results support these events moderate the link between behavior and TWE. Our thesis offers a multifaceted contribution to Team Work Engagement development by bridging theoretical frameworks with empirical and practical insights. We identify and validate key TWE and highlight the central role of team emotions, particularly emotional closeness and shared affective experiences, in shaping team behaviors and engagement. This research deepens our understanding of TWE’s micro-foundations and opens new future investigation pathways while offering practical implications for team management. |
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| Autores principais: | Sousa, Lourenço de Sales Parente Silva de |
| Assunto: | TWE Engagement Teams Afeto -- Affection Engajamento Equipas Comportamento -- Behavior Emoções -- Emotions |
| Ano: | 2025 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | tese de doutoramento |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso restrito |
| Instituição associada: | ISCTE |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório ISCTE |
| Resumo: | With this thesis, we seek to give a contribution to the Team Work Engagement construct development. Following calls to research emergent phenomena by focusing on the microinteractions that allow for its operationalization (e.g., Kozlowski & Chao, 2012), we focus on team behavior to unveil specific cues that drive the emergence of Team Work Engagement (TWE). The first study draws from literature to compile theoretically driven team behaviors and empirically tests them, resulting in a parsimonious list of TWE observable behaviors. The second study, using a qualitative approach, validates whether these behaviors are perceivable during team interaction, which they are, supporting observational methods as a valid approach to study TWE. Furtherly, we shift our focus from team behavior to team affect, as the latter has an impact on the former. The third study examines how emotional closeness among team members, particularly in virtual contexts, affects TWE, considering the role of technology and team Familiarity. Teams were assigned a task and completed a questionnaire. Results showed that Familiarity among team members fosters closeness, reducing emotional isolation, enhancing technology use, and ultimately boosting TWE’s levels. While keeping a focus on affect as an inducer of team behavior and impacts on TWE, we developed a fourth study investigating how daily work-related affective events, perceived as significant, trigger affective reactions that influence team behavior and TWE. Results support these events moderate the link between behavior and TWE. Our thesis offers a multifaceted contribution to Team Work Engagement development by bridging theoretical frameworks with empirical and practical insights. We identify and validate key TWE and highlight the central role of team emotions, particularly emotional closeness and shared affective experiences, in shaping team behaviors and engagement. This research deepens our understanding of TWE’s micro-foundations and opens new future investigation pathways while offering practical implications for team management. |
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