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Dear colleague, 

We invite you to join us at our Showcase Symposium on "Making Teams Meaningful: Deriving Meaning from Divergent Individual Experiences in Teams"

Scheduled: Monday, Aug 8 2016 4:45PM - 6:15PM at Hilton Anaheim in Mezzanine 12

Chair: Shirley C. Wang, Carnegie Mellon U.

Chair: Niranjan S. Janardhanan, The U. of Texas at Austin

Discussant: Sherry M Thatcher, U. of South Carolina 

Although individuals interact together in teams, several factors influence the meaning each of them derive from their team. Individual expectations and experiences determine the extent to which team members stay engaged and committed to the collective goal, resolve conflicts, are motivated to perform, and stay viable over time. Our symposium brings together five papers which examine the effects of divergent individual expectations and experiences in teams on individual and team outcomes. The current collection of papers contribute to research on individual cognition, diversity, goal-setting, and team identification; and has important implications for theory and practice on how to make teams more effective and meaningful.

Search Terms: individual cognition | teams | team processes

Process Conflict, Idea Integration, and Process Representational Gaps in Innovation Teams

Presenter: Gergana Todorova, U. of Miami 

Presenter: Laurie R. Weingart, Carnegie Mellon U. 

Presenter: Kenneth T. Goh, Ivey Business School, Western U. 

Presenter: Anna Mayo, Carnegie Mellon U. 

 

The Role of CEOs' Belonging and Distinctiveness Needs on Top Management Team Diversity

Presenter: Margaret Ormiston, George Washington U. 

Presenter: Elaine M. Wong, U. of California, Riverside 

 

Multifinal Goal Pursuit and Perceptions of Team Viability

Presenter: Esther Sackett, Duke U. 

Presenter: Grainne Fitzsimons, Duke U. 

 

The Effects of High Conflict Perception on Individual Motivation and Satisfaction

Presenter: Shirley Chaoyi Wang, Carnegie Mellon U. 

Presenter: Astrid C. Homan, U. of Amsterdam 

 

Centripetal, Centrifugal, and Equilibrating Forces on Team Identification: A Meta-analysis

Presenter: Niranjan Srinivasan Janardhanan, The U. of Texas at Austin 

Presenter: Taeya Howell, Brigham Young U. 

Presenter: Luis Martins, The U. of Texas at Austin 

Presenter: Caroline A Bartel, The U. of Texas at Austin 

Thank you,

Shirley Wang

Niranjan Janardhanan