Title
Measuring Shared Team Mental Models: A Meta-Analysis
Abbreviated Journal Title
Group Dyn.-Theory Res. Pract.
Keywords
team; group; mental model; cognition; meta-analysis; STRATEGIC CONSENSUS; PERFORMANCE; COGNITION; DIVERSITY; Psychology, Social
Abstract
Although shared team mental models are believed to be important to team functioning, substantial interstudy differences in the manner in which mental models are operationalized has impeded progress in this area. We use meta-analysis to cumulate 23 independent studies that have empirically examined shared mental models (SMMs) in relation to team process and performance and test three aspects of measurement as potential moderators: elicitation method, structure representation, and representation of emergence. Results indicate the way in which SMMs are measured and represented at the team level of analysis reveal meaningful distinctions in observed relationships. Specifically, shared mental model operationalization impacts the observed relationship between SMMs and team process; importantly, only methods that model the structure or organization of knowledge are predictive of process. Conversely, while the magnitude of the relationship differed across measurement method, SMMs were positively related to team performance regardless of the manner of operationalization. In summary, knowledge structure is predictive of team process, and both knowledge content and structure are predictive of team performance.
Journal Title
Group Dynamics-Theory Research and Practice
Volume
14
Issue/Number
1
Publication Date
1-1-2010
Document Type
Article
DOI Link
Language
English
First Page
1
Last Page
14
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1089-2699
Recommended Citation
"Measuring Shared Team Mental Models: A Meta-Analysis" (2010). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 101.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/101
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