Group Potency and Its Implications for Team Effectiveness

Conclusion

The current investigation improves our understanding of the dynamic aspect of group potency. Results demonstrated that potency decreased over time, which we attributed to a honeymoon period associated with a team's early interactions. Further, teams tended to agree more on their team's potency over time, suggesting that it takes time for the group potency construct to emerge. Even further, early group potency predicted team effectiveness, however, the change in group potency did not. This suggests that early interactions play an important role in establishing group potency, which may emerge relatively quickly, and may set the tone for future success. Finally, initial group potency mediated the relation between team-level conscientiousness and team effectiveness, suggesting that conscientiousness plays an important role in influencing the dynamics of group potency, which subsequently leads to increased team effectiveness.