Teamwork Processes and Emergent States

Abstract

This chapter summarizes the major, and most recent literature on team processes and emergent states, with a particular emphasis on incorporating an international perspective. Categorizing mediator variables into the ABCs – affective, behavioral, or cognitive mechanisms – provides a useful heuristic for analyzing and integrating the large, often diverse body of research that characterizes the teams literature. Thus, consistent with prior reviews, the chapter is organized around these three major types of team mediating variables. At a basic level, affective mechanisms reflect what teams feel, behavioral mechanisms capture what teams do, and cognitive mechanisms encompass what teams think. Affective mechanisms involve team processes and emergent states that reflect relationships among team members, shared motivational characteristics, and affective reactions, such as team moods and emotions. The chapter focuses on cohesion, team confidence, and trust; not an exhaustive list of all affective mechanisms, but those that have received perhaps the most attention in the literature.

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