Factor analysis of the items at the individual and team levels
| Individual level | Team level | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Items | F1 | F2 | F3 | h2 | F1 | F2 | F3 | h2 | ||
| F1. Transactive memory system (individual α = 0.79, team α = 0.84) | ||||||||||
| This team has a common understanding regarding what we should ask to whom | 0.74 | 0.07 | −0.06 | 0.56 | 0.75 | −0.04 | 0.13 | 0.67 | ||
| This team knows who has what expert knowledge about certain tasks | 0.68 | −0.03 | −0.03 | 0.46 | 0.81 | −0.07 | −0.12 | 0.45 | ||
| This team understands who is assigned what precise tasks | 0.67 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.45 | 0.61 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.63 | ||
| When problems occur, this team knows who works how | 0.53 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.32 | 0.54 | 0.31 | −0.01 | 0.62 | ||
| F2. Daily communication (individual α = 0.77, team α = 0.85) | ||||||||||
| This team communicates freely in daily work | −0.02 | 0.81 | 0.03 | 0.66 | −0.17 | −0.01 | 1.11 | 0.98 | ||
| This team frequently conducts informal communication and greetings | −0.01 | 0.70 | 0.03 | 0.49 | 0.23 | 0.08 | 0.51 | 0.58 | ||
| In this team, members are not afraid to ask others if they do not understand something | 0.27 | 0.49 | −0.04 | 0.32 | 0.35 | −0.03 | 0.49 | 0.58 | ||
| F3. Implicit coordination (individual α = 0.69, team α = 0.85) | ||||||||||
| This team works well together and has good chemistry | −0.10 | −0.01 | 0.84 | 0.71 | −0.14 | 0.97 | −0.03 | 0.73 | ||
| Team members can communicate successfully with abbreviated explanations | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.53 | 0.29 | 0.09 | 0.68 | 0.05 | 0.62 | ||
| This team implicitly understands what each person should do and deals with problems | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.44 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.43 | 0.06 | 0.49 | ||
| Correlation between factors | F1 | F2 | F3 | F1 | F2 | F3 | ||||
| F1 | ||||||||||
| F2 | 0.76 | 0.73 | ||||||||
| F3 | 0.67 | 0.63 | 0.75 | 0.63 | ||||||
| Individual level | Team level | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Items | F1 | F2 | F3 | F1 | F2 | F3 | ||||
| This team has a common understanding regarding what we should ask to whom | 0.74 | 0.07 | −0.06 | 0.56 | 0.75 | −0.04 | 0.13 | 0.67 | ||
| This team knows who has what expert knowledge about certain tasks | 0.68 | −0.03 | −0.03 | 0.46 | 0.81 | −0.07 | −0.12 | 0.45 | ||
| This team understands who is assigned what precise tasks | 0.67 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.45 | 0.61 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.63 | ||
| When problems occur, this team knows who works how | 0.53 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.32 | 0.54 | 0.31 | −0.01 | 0.62 | ||
| This team communicates freely in daily work | −0.02 | 0.81 | 0.03 | 0.66 | −0.17 | −0.01 | 1.11 | 0.98 | ||
| This team frequently conducts informal communication and greetings | −0.01 | 0.70 | 0.03 | 0.49 | 0.23 | 0.08 | 0.51 | 0.58 | ||
| In this team, members are not afraid to ask others if they do not understand something | 0.27 | 0.49 | −0.04 | 0.32 | 0.35 | −0.03 | 0.49 | 0.58 | ||
| This team works well together and has good chemistry | −0.10 | −0.01 | 0.84 | 0.71 | −0.14 | 0.97 | −0.03 | 0.73 | ||
| Team members can communicate successfully with abbreviated explanations | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.53 | 0.29 | 0.09 | 0.68 | 0.05 | 0.62 | ||
| This team implicitly understands what each person should do and deals with problems | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.44 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.43 | 0.06 | 0.49 | ||
| Correlation between factors | F1 | F2 | F3 | F1 | F2 | F3 | ||||
| F1 | ||||||||||
| F2 | 0.76 | 0.73 | ||||||||
| F3 | 0.67 | 0.63 | 0.75 | 0.63 | ||||||
Notes:
Intra-team average score was used in the team-level analysis. All questionnaire items were originally written in Japanese
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