The current study examines the asymmetric effects of dyadic gender composition on the provision of task-related helping behaviors in project teams. We collected 428 observations of dyadic task-related helping behaviors from 149 students in 31 project teams. We tested our hypotheses using a multilevel cross-classified model in which each member interacts with all other members of the project team. The findings indicate an asymmetric pattern of the effects of dyadic gender composition on task-related help contingent on members’ perceived expertise and team identification. The results show that women are more likely to provide task-related help to men peers when women’s perceived expertise is high. Additionally, men are likely to provide task-related assistance to women peers when the men’s team identification is high. The pattern of interactions of perceived expertise and team identification with dyadic gender composition found in the present study suggests that the dyadic gender composition plays out in a more complex way than previously considered, especially due to the status implications of gender. It is important for managers to understand how dyadic gender composition could encourage or discourage an offering of task-related help.

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感知专业知识、团队认同和二元性别构成对项目团队中与任务相关的帮助行为的交互影响。

目前的研究考察了二元性别构成对项目团队提供与任务相关的帮助行为的不对称影响。我们从 31 个项目团队的 149 名学生中收集了 428 条与二元任务相关的帮助行为的观察结果。我们使用多级交叉分类模型测试了我们的假设，其中每个成员都与项目团队的所有其他成员进行交互。研究结果表明，二元性别构成对任务相关帮助的影响存在不对称模式，这取决于成员感知的专业知识和团队认同。结果表明，当女性感知到的专业知识高时，女性更有可能向男性同龄人提供与任务相关的帮助。此外，当男性团队认同度高时，男性可能会向女性同伴提供与任务相关的帮助。在本研究中发现的感知专业知识和团队认同与二元性别构成的相互作用模式表明，二元性别构成以比以前考虑的更复杂的方式发挥作用，尤其是由于性别的地位影响。对于管理者来说，了解二元性别构成如何鼓励或阻止提供与任务相关的帮助非常重要。