Personality research in teams: A methodological reconsideration of the individual differences perspective

Rebecka Persson

Personality research in teams: A methodological reconsideration of the individual differences perspective

Rebecka Persson

Institutionen för psykologi

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Syftet med den här avhandlingen var att undersöka om användningen av
personlighet i teamforskning kan göras på ett sådant sätt att individuella skillnader,
som är det som typiskt studeras i personlighetsforskning, bibehålls. Två olika sätt
att applicera personlighet i teamforskning, utan att ändra analysenheten från
individer till team, föreslogs och demonstrerades med exempeldata. Personlighet
hos individer relaterades till individernas skattningar av teamprocesser, för att
studera överlappande betydelse mellan personlighet och teamprocesser.
Personlighet hos individer relaterades också till teamutfall via individernas
teamroller. Dessutom relaterades teamroller till individers teamprocesskattningar
för att undersöka om individuella skillnader är användbara också när vi undersöker
teamprocesser. Olika analysenheter i personlighets- och teamforskning diskuterades
i relation till dimensionen av data som handlar om personer eller enheter (Cattell,
1952).
I Studie 1 undersökte vi om teammedlemmars teamprocesskattningar hade
relationer till personlighetsegenskaper. Dessutom adresserades hur mycket sådana
överlappande betydelser kan påverka relationer på teamnivå. Det föreslogs att
personlighetsegenskaper borde appliceras på individnivå när man forskar om
teamprocesser.
I Studie 2 undersökte jag möjligheten att relatera personlighet till utfall på teamnivå,
genom att dela upp urvalet av individer i subgrupper enligt deras teamroller. Det
illustrerades hur data behöver omstruktureras för att analys ska vara möjlig.
Interaktionseffekter föreslogs som ett sätt att adressera teammedlemmars beroende
av varandra.
I Studie 3 ville jag undersöka om variation i teamprocesskattningar på individnivå
kan vara meningsfullt för att förstå teamprocesser. Jag använde subgrupper, enligt
teamroller, för att visa hur vi kan utvärdera om teamprocesser utvecklas på olika sätt
hos medlemmar av samma team.
Metoden som var gemensam för de tre studierna var att individer studerades över
team, istället för inom- eller mellan team, men ändå i relation till teamstrukturen i
data.

Originalspråk	engelska
Kvalifikation	Doktor
Tilldelande institution	Institutionen för psykologi
Handledare	Bäckström, Martin, handledare Delmar, Frédéric, Biträdande handledare
Tilldelningsdatum	2022 feb. 10
Utgivningsort	Lund
Förlag	Lund University
ISBN (tryckt)	978-91-8039-141-2
ISBN (elektroniskt)	978-91-8039-142-9
Status	Published - 2022

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Date: 2022-02-10
Time: 13:00
Place: Edens hörsal, Allhelgona kyrkogata 14, Lund
External reviewer(s)
Name: Lang, Jonas W. B.
Title: Associate Professor
Affiliation: Ghent University
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