Summary of Type II literature on VTs employing the IMO theoretical framework (Reviews and Meta-analyses)
| Study | Theory | Method/Sample | Input | Process/Emergent state (mediator) | Outcome | Important findings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klotz et al. (2014) | IMO | LR of new venture teams (42 empirical articles) | – | – | – | Role of affect in NVTs; how team climates emerge and how these climates affect team performance |
| Yang (2014) | IMO | LR | Membership-based swift trust | Team member exchange – (dis)confirmation, emotions, process-based trust | Team outcomes | A framework for understanding the role of (dis)confirmation and subsequent emotions during the process of trust update and of team development |
| Coultas et al. (2014) | IMO | LR of 259 articles | – | – | – | Better measurement of emergent states using an evolved construct or relevant item wordings |
| Rosen et al. (2015) | IMO | LR of teamwork literature within healthcare | Team composition, characteristics, context | Action, transition, interpersonal processes | Effectiveness, learning outcomes | Contribution of sensor-based measurement for improving organizational learning in healthcare |
| Maynard et al. (2015) | IMO | LR of team adaptation literature | Team adaptability | Team adaptation | Adaptive performance | A team's adaptation process is impacted by the type and severity of the disruption or trigger that gives rise to the need for adaptation |
| Courtright et al. (2015) | IMO | Meta-analysis on task and outcome interdependence with 262 articles | Structural task and outcome interdependence | Team functioning | Team performance | Task and outcome inter dependence are conceptually distinct and have differential effects on team performance |
| Maloney et al. (2016) | IMO | LR of field research on teams (published 2004–2013) 271 articles | Team external context as “input” | Team external context as “mediator” | Team external context as “output” | Guidelines to improve contextualization and avenues to explore context theorising in work teams |
| Dulebohn and Hoch (2017) | IMO | LR | – | – | – | Two levels of outcomes – first, team level (such as team performance); second, individual outcomes (such as satisfaction, commitment) |
| Schulze and Krumm (2017) | IMO | LR | Team member KSAOs; personality traits | Team mediators such as trust | – | Derive an integrative framework of virtual teamwork to address virtuality-related challenges |
| Rosen et al. (2018) | IMO | LR of empirical and narrative reviews in health care (published 2000 and 2017) | Team member attributes, team structure, organisational context | Interpersonal processes; affective and cognitive emergent states | Team member wellbeing; staff retention; financial outcomes | Improve teamwork among health care workers to manage workforce challenges |
| Takács and Juhász (2018) | IMO and theory of human performance | Conceptual integrative model | Team adaptation (Trigger) | Adaptation (Task execution and team mental models) | Standard performance and group efficacy | Adaptation (performance and collective efficacy) |
| Shuffler et al. (2018) | IMO | LR of articles on TDI (514 articles) | Team inputs (such as task analysis, work designs, and team charters) | Performance monitoring and assessment | Team debriefs | Distinguishing features that make for an effective TDI |
| Handke et al. (2021) | IMOI | Conceptual integrative model | Team virtuality, familiarity, design | Team Process, perceived virtuality | Task performance, satisfaction | Individual characteristics converge into a team-level property |
| Handke et al. (2022) | IMO | LR of 59 studies published between 1991 and 2020 | Team input feedback | Team mediator feedback | Team output feedback | Virtual teams benefit from performance-related feedback that targets the entire team |
| Study | Theory | Method/Sample | Input | Process/Emergent state (mediator) | Outcome | Important findings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IMO | LR of new venture teams (42 empirical articles) | – | – | – | Role of affect in NVTs; how team climates emerge and how these climates affect team performance | |
| IMO | LR | Membership-based swift trust | Team member exchange – (dis)confirmation, emotions, process-based trust | Team outcomes | A framework for understanding the role of (dis)confirmation and subsequent emotions during the process of trust update and of team development | |
| IMO | LR of 259 articles | – | – | – | Better measurement of emergent states using an evolved construct or relevant item wordings | |
| IMO | LR of teamwork literature within healthcare | Team composition, characteristics, context | Action, transition, interpersonal processes | Effectiveness, learning outcomes | Contribution of sensor-based measurement for improving organizational learning in healthcare | |
| IMO | LR of team adaptation literature | Team adaptability | Team adaptation | Adaptive performance | A team's adaptation process is impacted by the type and severity of the disruption or trigger that gives rise to the need for adaptation | |
| IMO | Meta-analysis on task and outcome interdependence with 262 articles | Structural task and outcome interdependence | Team functioning | Team performance | Task and outcome inter dependence are conceptually distinct and have differential effects on team performance | |
| IMO | LR of field research on teams (published 2004–2013) 271 articles | Team external context as “input” | Team external context as “mediator” | Team external context as “output” | Guidelines to improve contextualization and avenues to explore context theorising in work teams | |
| IMO | LR | – | – | – | Two levels of outcomes – first, team level (such as team performance); second, individual outcomes (such as satisfaction, commitment) | |
| IMO | LR | Team member KSAOs; personality traits | Team mediators such as trust | – | Derive an integrative framework of virtual teamwork to address virtuality-related challenges | |
| IMO | LR of empirical and narrative reviews in health care (published 2000 and 2017) | Team member attributes, team structure, organisational context | Interpersonal processes; affective and cognitive emergent states | Team member wellbeing; staff retention; financial outcomes | Improve teamwork among health care workers to manage workforce challenges | |
| IMO and theory of human performance | Conceptual integrative model | Team adaptation (Trigger) | Adaptation (Task execution and team mental models) | Standard performance and group efficacy | Adaptation (performance and collective efficacy) | |
| IMO | LR of articles on TDI (514 articles) | Team inputs (such as task analysis, work designs, and team charters) | Performance monitoring and assessment | Team debriefs | Distinguishing features that make for an effective TDI | |
| IMOI | Conceptual integrative model | Team virtuality, familiarity, design | Team Process, perceived virtuality | Task performance, satisfaction | Individual characteristics converge into a team-level property | |
| IMO | LR of 59 studies published between 1991 and 2020 | Team input feedback | Team mediator feedback | Team output feedback | Virtual teams benefit from performance-related feedback that targets the entire team |
Note(s): IMO = Input–mediator–output; IMOI = Input–mediator–output–input; AST = Adaptive Structuration Theory; MST = Media Synchronicity Theory; MIP-G = Motivational information processing in groups theory; SIP= Social information processing theory; LR= Literature Review; NVT = new venture teams; KSAO = appropriate knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics; TDI = team development intervention
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