1172: Putting the Worker Front and Center in MTM Arrangements: New Theoretical Directions (15513)

Organizer(s)

• OM

  Ozias Moore

  Lehigh U., United States
• TR

  Tammy Rapp

  Ohio U., United States
• SM

  Saleem Mistry

  U. of Delaware, United States

Discussant(s)

• JM

  Jaclyn Margolis

  Pepperdine U., United States

Despite the progress in advancing our understanding of multiple team membership (MTM), much remains to be learned, particularly with regard to broadening the theoretical perspectives used to examine employees’ experiences across their multiple teams. Prior studies have primarily considered the effects of multiteaming on individuals from a stress or constraint perspective, highlighting the negative implications for employees in these arrangements. Yet, research drawing on different theoretical lenses also indicates that MTMs have positive implications. To address this limitation, this symposium emphasizes innovating for the future by bringing together five papers that showcase multiple theoretical perspectives to explain the effects of multiteaming on individuals (e.g., COR theory, interactionist perspective on roles, and social exchange theory), thereby advancing unanswered questions that extend theory by examining the impact of MTM on individual, team, and organizational outcomes in the experiences of MTM employees across their teams (e.g., fatigue, stress, and knowledge exchange). These papers also showcase a variety of research designs, including qualitative and quantitative approaches (e.g., multilevel models, daily team switching, a multiple-embedded case study) in various contexts (e.g., global emergency crises and mixed teams of multiteamers and single-teamers). We hope to provide a forum that advances promising areas for future MTM research.

Presentations:

• 08:00 – 09:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1172: Daily Multiple Team Membership Stress and Its Consequences: A Within-Person Study (15513)
  

  Author: Luca Haaks – LMU Munich

  Author: Stefan Berger – U. of Groningen

  Author: Max Reinwald – LMU Munich

  Author: Martin Hoegl – LMU Munich
• 08:00 – 09:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1172: When Do MTMs Increase Role Conflict and Harm Employee Outcomes? The Moderating Role of Skill Variety (15513)
  

  Author: Tammy L. Rapp – Ohio U.

  Author: Saleem Mistry – U. of Delaware

  Author: Bradley L. Kirkman – North Carolina State U.
• 08:00 – 09:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1172: How Multi-Teamers’ Knowledge Sharing Benefits Themselves, Single-Teamers, and Their Teams (15513)
  

  Author: Hendrik Johan Van De Brake – Hendrik van de Brake

  Author: Stefan Berger – U. of Groningen
• 08:00 – 09:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1172: Balancing the Multifaceted Nature of Passion in MTMs: Insights from Global Emergency Teams (15513)
  

  Author: Monika Maslikowska – U. of Zurich
• 08:00 – 09:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1172: Optimizing the Matrix: Integrating Matrix Structure and Multiple Team Membership Research (15513)
  

  Author: Raveh Harush – Bar-Ilan U.

  Author: Yehuda Salhov – Bar Ilan U.