Harmful Help: The Costs of Backing up Behavior in Teams

Prior research on backing-up behavior has indicated that it is beneficial to teams (C. O. L. H. Porter, 2005; C. O. L. H. Porter et al., 2003). This literature has focused on how backing-up behavior aids backup recipients in tasks in which workload is unevenly distributed among team members. The aut...

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Main Authors: Barnes, Christopher M., Hollenbeck, J. R., WAGNER, David Turley, DeRue, D. S., Nahrgang, J. D., Schwind, K. M.
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-27452018-07-13T07:09:57Z Harmful Help: The Costs of Backing up Behavior in Teams Barnes, Christopher M. Hollenbeck, J. R. WAGNER, David Turley DeRue, D. S. Nahrgang, J. D. Schwind, K. M. Prior research on backing-up behavior has indicated that it is beneficial to teams (C. O. L. H. Porter, 2005; C. O. L. H. Porter et al., 2003). This literature has focused on how backing-up behavior aids backup recipients in tasks in which workload is unevenly distributed among team members. The authors of the present study examined different contexts of workload distribution and found that, in addition to the initial benefits to backup recipients, there are initial and subsequent costs. Backing-up behavior leads backup providers to neglect their own taskwork, especially when workload is evenly distributed. Team members who receive high amounts of backing-up behavior decrease their taskwork in a subsequent task, especially when a team member can observe their workload. These findings indicate that it is important to consider both the benefits and costs of engaging in backing-up behavior. 2008-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1746 info:doi/10.1037/0021-9010.93.3.529 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/2745/viewcontent/Barnes__Hollenbeck__Wagner__DeRue__Nahrgang____Schwind__2008____JAP___Harmful_Help___Costs_of_backing_up_behavior_in_teams_clean.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University team performance backing-up behavior helping behavior workload dependence Business
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topic team performance
backing-up behavior
helping behavior
workload
dependence
Business
spellingShingle team performance
backing-up behavior
helping behavior
workload
dependence
Business
Barnes, Christopher M.
Hollenbeck, J. R.
WAGNER, David Turley
DeRue, D. S.
Nahrgang, J. D.
Schwind, K. M.
Harmful Help: The Costs of Backing up Behavior in Teams
description Prior research on backing-up behavior has indicated that it is beneficial to teams (C. O. L. H. Porter, 2005; C. O. L. H. Porter et al., 2003). This literature has focused on how backing-up behavior aids backup recipients in tasks in which workload is unevenly distributed among team members. The authors of the present study examined different contexts of workload distribution and found that, in addition to the initial benefits to backup recipients, there are initial and subsequent costs. Backing-up behavior leads backup providers to neglect their own taskwork, especially when workload is evenly distributed. Team members who receive high amounts of backing-up behavior decrease their taskwork in a subsequent task, especially when a team member can observe their workload. These findings indicate that it is important to consider both the benefits and costs of engaging in backing-up behavior.
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author Barnes, Christopher M.
Hollenbeck, J. R.
WAGNER, David Turley
DeRue, D. S.
Nahrgang, J. D.
Schwind, K. M.
author_facet Barnes, Christopher M.
Hollenbeck, J. R.
WAGNER, David Turley
DeRue, D. S.
Nahrgang, J. D.
Schwind, K. M.
author_sort Barnes, Christopher M.
title Harmful Help: The Costs of Backing up Behavior in Teams
title_short Harmful Help: The Costs of Backing up Behavior in Teams
title_full Harmful Help: The Costs of Backing up Behavior in Teams
title_fullStr Harmful Help: The Costs of Backing up Behavior in Teams
title_full_unstemmed Harmful Help: The Costs of Backing up Behavior in Teams
title_sort harmful help: the costs of backing up behavior in teams
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2008
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1746
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