Although team effectiveness research has advanced our understanding of team processes, much of this research has been based on static methodologies, despite the recognition that team processes change over time. Thus, the purpose of this article is to advance the team dynamics literature by developing and testing a theoretical account of team engagement in processes toward a deadline. We theorize about team process trajectories, which we suggest is the form of process change over time (i.e., pattern of increase/decrease). Further, we identify a key driver of process trajectories and consider the implications of trajectories for team performance. Results from a series of linear multilevel latent growth models suggested that teams' engagement in strategy and planning, monitoring goal progress, and cooperative conflict management (cf. Marks, Mathieu, & Zaccaro, 2001) increased over time toward a deadline, and that steeper increases tended to be positively related to team performance. Finally, achievement-striving was found to be an important within-team factor driving team-specific process trajectories and was indirectly related to performance. This study provides new theoretical insights with respect to how teams engage in processes toward a deadline, along with team achievement-striving as a compositional input, and the performance implications of team process trajectories. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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挑战“静态”现状：在最后期限前参与团队流程的轨迹。

尽管团队有效性研究促进了我们对团队流程的理解，但大部分研究都是基于静态方法论的，尽管团队流程会随着时间而变化。因此，本文的目的是通过开发和测试有关团队在最后期限前参与流程的理论解释来推进团队动力学文献。我们对团队流程轨迹进行了理论化，我们建议这是流程随时间变化的形式（即增加/减少的模式）。此外，我们确定了流程轨迹的关键驱动因素，并考虑了轨迹对团队绩效的影响。一系列线性多层次潜在增长模型的结果表明，团队参与战略和规划、监控目标进展以及合作冲突管理（参见 Marks，Mathieu, & Zaccaro, 2001）随着时间的推移接近最后期限而增加，而且这种急剧增加往往与团队绩效呈正相关。最后，成就追求被发现是推动团队特定过程轨迹的一个重要的团队内部因素，并且与绩效间接相关。这项研究提供了关于团队如何在最后期限前参与流程的新理论见解，以及作为组合输入的团队成就努力，以及团队流程轨迹的绩效影响。（PsycINFO 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）。成就追求被发现是推动团队特定过程轨迹的一个重要的团队内部因素，并且与绩效间接相关。这项研究提供了关于团队如何在最后期限前参与流程的新理论见解，以及作为组合输入的团队成就努力，以及团队流程轨迹的绩效影响。（PsycINFO 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）。成就追求被发现是推动团队特定过程轨迹的一个重要的团队内部因素，并且与绩效间接相关。这项研究提供了关于团队如何在最后期限前参与流程的新理论见解，以及作为组合输入的团队成就努力，以及团队流程轨迹的绩效影响。（PsycINFO 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）。