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- Title
Effectiveness in top management group meetings: The role of goal clarity, focused communication, and learning behavior.
- Authors
BANG, HENNING; FUGLESANG, SYNNE L.; OVESEN, MARIANN R.; EILERTSEN, DAG ERIK
- Abstract
Bang, H., Fuglesang, S. L., Ovesen, M. R. & Eilertsen, D. E. (2010). Effectiveness in top management group meetings: The role of goal clarity, focused communication, and learning behavior. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 51, 253–261. To explore the relationship between goal clarity, focused communication, learning behavior, and team effectiveness (i.e., task performance, relationship quality, and member satisfaction), self-report and observer data from eight top management groups that processed 56 agenda items during meetings were analyzed. We found that goal clarity and focused communication was positively related to team effectiveness. The effect of goal clarity on team effectiveness was partially mediated by focused communication. Speaking up when a goal was unclear increased focused communication, task performance and relationship quality. Speaking up when the discussion was off track was not related to task performance and member satisfaction, and was negatively related to relationship quality. These findings have implications for how to conduct an effective management meeting.
- Subjects
BUSINESS meetings; MANAGEMENT; GOAL (Psychology); INTERPERSONAL communication; LEARNING; TEAMS in the workplace
- Publication
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 2010, Vol 51, Issue 3, p253
- ISSN
0036-5564
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-9450.2009.00769.x