The team performance equation attempts to predict the actual productivity of a team. It states that ...

The team performance equation attempts to predict the actual productivity of a team. It states that the AP (actual productivity) of a team equals:
 
  a. the potential productivity of a team, plus team synergies, minus team threats.
  b. the potential productivity of a team, plus team culture, minus free-riding.
  c. the potential productivity of a team, plus task design, plus team culture.
  d. cohesion, plus learning, plus integration.

Question 2

Regarding team performance, leaders can more easily control ________than ________.
 
  a. team Integration; team separation
  b. performance threats; synergies
  c. team cohesion; resources
  d. the demands of a task; the process of accomplishing a task

Question 3

As team size gets larger and larger, team members perceive that there is less support available, and freeriding increases. This experience can lead to:
 
  a. diminished motivation.
  b. lower performance.
  c. greater cohesion between team members.
  d. both a and b.

Question 4

Execution is the ability of teams to communicate effectively and combine their efforts. All of the following can enhance team execution EXCEPT:
 
  a. training team members together.
  b. practice and rehearsal.
  c. setting clear performance standards.
  d. increasing the size of the team.

Question 5

The positive illusion bias, or unwarranted beliefs in one's own superiority, can wreak havoc in teams. Why?
 
  a. Individuals believe their contributions will not be sufficient to justify their efforts.
  b. Individuals with this bias are interested in vastly different team goals than that of their other teammates.
  c. Individuals who see themselves as above average are likely to engage in social loafing because they have a false sense of the value of their contributions.
  d. Individuals with this bias always have a high sense of the Protestant Work Ethic.

Question 6

The positive illusion bias refers to:
 
  a. people who believe themselves to be superior and more talented than others on their team.
  b. people who work harder for the team hoping to improve the overall team's reputation within the larger organizational context.
  c. managers who convey a positive attitude in order to positively influence their team's group mood.
  d. a team member who has positive news to share about the group's task in hopes that it will spur morale and increase productivity.

Question 7

Which of the following actions by the team or their leadership can result in reduced team performance?
 
  a. The team leader promotes an intrinsically interesting or challenging project.
  b. The team leader rewards a team member with a clock for his or her hours of overtime spent in the service of a team's project.
  c. The team shares, and mutually sets, their own performance goals.
  d. Team leaders increase team size so that more employees get an opportunity to contribute to the project.