We're all in this together: Examining associatons between collectivistic group norms, collective efficacy and team performance

Much of what we know about how collectivism influences team effectiveness has assumed collectivism to be determined by either cultural contexts (Hofstede, 1980), or individualdifferences (Triandis, Leung, Villareal, & Clack, 1985). Collectivism may also be viewed as a group norm within a team. In a study of 60 self-managing teams performing a simulation, collectivistic group norms was positively associated with collective efficacy and team performance. Collective efficacy fully mediated the association between collectivistic group norms and team performance. Collectivistic group norm sharedness moderated the associations between collectivistic group norms and collective efficacy, and collectivistic group norms and team performance.