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Action Phase Processes

Definition

"Periods of time when teams conduct activities leading directly to goal accomplishment." (Marks et al., 2001, p. 360)

Key References 

  • Marks, M. A., Mathieu, J. E., & Zaccaro, S. J. (2001). A temporally based framework and taxonomy of team processes. Academy of Management Review, 26(3), 356-376.
  • LePine, J. A., Piccolo, R. F., Jackson, C. L., Mathieu, J. E., & Saul, J. R. (2008). A meta‐analysis of teamwork processes: tests of a multidimensional model and relationships with team effectiveness criteria. Personnel psychology, 61(2), 273-307.

Recent Articles 

  • Farh, C. I. C., & Chen, G. (2018). Leadership and member voice in action teams: Test of a dynamic phase model. Journal of Applied Psychology, 103(1), 97–110. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000256
    • Focus on leader behaviors and employ a functional leadership perspective to assess the enhancement of voice in the different phases of performance. Found through survey and observation that leader directing promotes voice among team members in both action phase and transition phase.
  • Potosky, D., Godé, C., & Lebraty, J.-F. (2021). Modeling the feedback process in teams: A field study of teamwork. Group & Organization Management, 47(6), 1218–1258. https://doi.org/10.1177/10596011211018017
    • Using grounded theory methods, investigated how action teams exchange feedback. Found evidence that action teams use different feedback during high stakes situations.
  • Rico, R., Gibson, C. B., Sánchez-Manzanares, M., & Clark, M. A. (2019). Building team effectiveness through adaptation: Team knowledge and implicit and explicit coordination. Organizational Psychology Review, 9(2–3), 71–98. https://doi.org/10.1177/2041386619869972
    • Explain that team performance phase impacts the relationship between coordination and effectiveness. During action phase processes, the prevelance of implicit coordination results in higher effectiveness.