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Volume 11, 2024

The Future of Motivation in and of Teams

Abstract

The study of motivation in and of teams has flourished and expanded over the past few decades. We now have a better understanding of core motivational processes at the individual and team levels of analysis, along with cross-level processes through which individuals and teams influence each other. However, societal, cultural, economic, and technological changes have led to new forms of team-based designs and teaming strategies in work organizations. In this article we review five major changes to the nature of teams and teaming and identify fruitful avenues for future research that can generate new and important knowledge about the motivation of individuals in teams as well as the motivation of team systems as wholes.

Keyword(s): goals, groups, motivation, self-regulation, teams
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2024-01-22
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The Future of Motivation in and of Teams
Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior 11, 93 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-111821-031621
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