Reducing Relationship Conflict in Virtual Teams With Diversity Faultlines: The Effect of an Online Affect Management Intervention on the Rate of Growth of Team Resilience

The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of an online affect management intervention on relationship conflict through the rate of growth of team resilience in virtual teams with diversity faultlines. Fifty-two 4-person teams participated in a randomized controlled trial design with repeated m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Peñarroja, Vicente, González-Anta, Baltasar, Orengo, Virginia, Zornoza, Ana, Gamero, Nuria
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositorio:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/146989
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10609/146989
http://doi.org/10.1177/0894439320907575
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:affect management intervention
team faultlines
team resilience
relationship conflict
virtual teams
afectar la intervenció de la direcció
falles de l'equip
resiliència de l'equip
conflicte de relació
equips virtuals
afectar la intervención de gestión
fallas del equipo
resiliencia del equipo
conflicto de relaciones
equipos virtuales
teams in the workplace
treball en equip
grupos de trabajo
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Sumario:The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of an online affect management intervention on relationship conflict through the rate of growth of team resilience in virtual teams with diversity faultlines. Fifty-two 4-person teams participated in a randomized controlled trial design with repeated measures (i.e., three measurement occasions). Teams were randomly assigned to either an intervention designed to help them manage emotions in virtual teams or a control condition. Our findings showed that affect management can reduce the level of relationship conflict in virtual teams with diversity faultlines and that this effect can be explained by the pattern of change in team resilience in response to the intervention. This study contributes to past research on identifying ways to prevent or mitigate team conflicts arising from diversity faultlines.