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Title: Groups and teams: a review of bad apple behavior
Other Titles: Team Performance Management: An International Journal
Authors: Jaikumar, Saravana
Mendonca, Avina
Keywords: Deviance;Team performance;Negative affect;Bad apple;Loafing
Issue Date: 2017
Publisher: Emerald
Citation: Jaikumar, S., & Mendonca, A. (2017). Groups and teams: A review of bad apple behavior. Team Performance Management: An International Journal, 23(5/6), 243-259. doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/TPM-07-2016-0034
Abstract: Purpose–The purpose of this conceptual paper is to broaden the understanding of the three negative member (bad apple) behaviors – withholding of effort, interpersonal deviance and negative affect – put forth by Felpset al.(2006). Design/methodology/approach–An integrative review of extant literature was conducted to understand the impact of the negative member behaviors on other team members. Potential interventions to control this bad apple behavior are identified with supporting evidence from recent empirical studies.Findings–A review of empirical findings in the literature indicate that perceived coworker loafing may lead to counterproductive work behavior toward coworkers and interpersonal deviance may affect the task cohesion of the group. However, the presence of affectively negative individuals is empirically proven to improve the group performance, especially when the group task is related to creativity or information processing (decision-making and idea generation). Originality/value–Despite the empirical attention paid to “bad apple” behaviors, the implications for managing negative member behaviors are unclear and scattered. In this paper, building on the frame work proposed by Felpset al.(2006), the authors focus on three behaviors and provide a concise review of literature and interventions to control or exploit these behaviors.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11718/21834
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