Emergent states, like cohesion, and behavioral processes, like coordination, are considered critical for team performance, yet little is known regarding their relative importance over time. Testing several hypotheses and exploring multiple research questions, this study used a laboratory design to better understand the evolution of cohesion–performance and coordination–performance relationships of newly formed teams. Forty-two teams of three completed 10 task episodes of an interdependent team task over the course of two and a half hours. Results reveal that cohesion and performance have a reciprocal relationship such that cohesion predicts subsequent performance, which then predicts subsequent cohesion. Moreover, coordination predicts subsequent performance, but performance does not predict subsequent coordination. Both the cohesion–performance and coordination–performance relationships weaken as the team works together, indicating that other states and processes predict performance at later stages of team development. Meanwhile, the relative importance of cohesion compared with coordination strengthens with increased team interactions.

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探索新组建团队的动态团队凝聚力-绩效和协调-绩效关系

紧急状态，如凝聚力和行为过程，如协调，被认为对团队绩效至关重要，但随着时间的推移，它们的相对重要性知之甚少。本研究测试了几个假设并探索了多个研究问题，使用实验室设计来更好地了解新组建团队的凝聚力-绩效和协调-绩效关系的演变。四十二支三人小组在两个半小时内完成了一项相互依存的团队任务的 10 个任务集。结果表明，凝聚力和绩效具有相互关系，使得凝聚力预测随后的表现，然后预测随后的凝聚力。而且，协调可以预测后续的性能，但性能并不能预测后续的协调。随着团队一起工作，凝聚力-绩效和协调-绩效关系都会减弱，这表明其他状态和过程可以预测团队发展后期的绩效。同时，与协调相比，凝聚力的相对重要性随着团队互动的增加而加强。