The Effects of Positive Affectivity and Team Process Quality On Resource Decisions

Scholars have long recognized the need to examine team-based resource decisions in organizations. Yet, little empirical evidence examining these critical processes exists. Research suggests organizations make macro-level decisions to bundle resources. We sought to determine if these same processes hold for team-level allocation processes. We incorporated a controlled simulation to study the role of positive affectivity (PA) and team process quality on resource allocations. Using multi-sourced data (team, observer, and archival), we found team decision-making performance was best under conditions of low variance in team positive affectivity and low quality observed task processes. The worst decision performance occurred under conditions of high variance in team positive affectivity and low quality observed task processes. Practical implications and directions for future research are discussed.