Autonomy and Performance in Teams: The Multilevel Moderating Effect of Task Interdependence
研究了个人和团队层面的自主性如何共同影响团队绩效，并发现这种影响取决于任务相互依赖的程度。对管理者优化团队自主性分配有参考价值。
The author predicts that the interaction between individual- and team-level autonomy influences team performance and that their combined effects are contingent on the level of task interdependence. Multiple regression analysis of data from 89 teams in a manufacturing setting confirm these expectations, demonstrating that team performance depends on the combination of individual and team autonomy. These findings suggest that the optimal combination of individual and team autonomy depends on the level of task interdependence in a team. Implications for future research, particularly in the areas of cross-level analyses and contingency theory, are discussed as well.