Teams are increasingly engaged in networked interaction across both team and organizational boundaries in order to achieve complex, higher order goals. In contrast to theoretical work on goal pursuit within isolated teams, there is an absence of theoretical models focused on systems composed of such teams. In response, we propose a predictive model to improve understanding of the nature of motivational processes leading to performance in interdependent systems of teams. This model is grounded on goal hierarchy characteristics (goal level, priority, and degree of compatibility) and functional process interdependence (sequential, reciprocal, intensive) that differentially affect both goal setting and goal striving processes across component team and multiteam levels. The model also illustrates how goal choice and goal striving in multiteam systems (MTSs) can be viewed from multilevel and multiphasic perspectives. We discuss the implications of the model for understanding, researching, and effectively managing the motivational mechanisms underlying MTSs performance.

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多团队动机和绩效的多层次模型

团队越来越多地参与跨团队和组织边界的网络交互，以实现复杂的高阶目标。与在孤立的团队中进行目标追求的理论工作相反，缺少针对由此类团队组成的系统的理论模型。作为回应，我们提出了一种预测模型，以增进对导致团队相互依存的系统绩效的激励过程本质的理解。该模型基于目标层次结构特征（目标级别，优先级和兼容性程度）和功能过程相互依赖关系（顺序，对等，密集），这些差异会分别影响跨团队和多团队级别的目标设定和目标努力过程。该模型还说明了如何从多层次和多阶段的角度来看待多团队系统（MTS）中的目标选择和目标。我们讨论该模型对于理解，研究和有效管理MTS绩效背后的激励机制的意义。