The individual attitudes of every single team member are important for team performance. Studies show that each team member’s collective orientation – that is, propensity to work in a collective manner in team settings – enhances the team’s interdependent teamwork. In the German-speaking countries, there was previously no instrument to measure collective orientation. So, I developed and validated a German-language instrument to measure collective orientation. In three studies (N = 1028), I tested the validity of the instrument in terms of its internal structure and relationships with other variables. The results confirm the reliability and validity of the instrument. The instrument also predicts team performance in terms of interdependent teamwork. I discuss differences in established individual variables in team research and the role of collective orientation in teams. In future research, the instrument can be applied to diagnose teamwork deficiencies and evaluate interventions for developing team members’ collective orientation.

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开发德语问卷来衡量作为个人态度的集体取向

每个团队成员的个人态度对团队绩效都很重要。研究表明，每个团队成员的集体取向——即在团队环境中以集体方式工作的倾向——增强了团队相互依赖的团队合作。在德语国家，以前没有衡量集体取向的工具。因此，我开发并验证了一种测量集体取向的德语工具。在三项研究 (N = 1028) 中，我测试了该工具在其内部结构和与其他变量的关系方面的有效性。结果证实了该工具的信度和效度。该工具还根据相互依赖的团队合作预测团队绩效。我讨论了团队研究中已建立的个人变量的差异以及集体导向在团队中的作用。在未来的研究中，该工具可用于诊断团队合作缺陷和评估干预措施，以发展团队成员的集体取向。