The Influence of Social Categories and Interpersonal Behaviors on Future Intentions and Attitudes to Form Subgroups in Virtual Teams

摘要: Subgroup formation within larger virtual teams can lead to biased information sharing and conflict. Given this, the present study examined how social categories (i.e., in-group vs. out-group status) interpersonal behaviors a teammate behaving positively negatively) influenced intentions attitudes toward subgrouping in short-term teams. One hundred sixty-four participants interacted four-person using synchronous chat program. The analysis showed that, though both affected choices, had stronger effect. Additionally, there was no evidence for “black sheep hypothesis” predicting that members negatively discourages subgrouping. Overall, this exemplified minimal categorical cues trigger favoritism discrimination as anticipated by identity models. findings also illustrated robustly affect ...