The Effect of Software Team Personality Composition on Learning and Performance: Making the "Dream" Team

dc.contributor.author Anderson, Greg
dc.contributor.author Keith, Mark J.
dc.contributor.author Francisco, Julianne
dc.contributor.author Fox, Sarah
dc.date.accessioned 2017-12-28T00:36:44Z
dc.date.available 2017-12-28T00:36:44Z
dc.date.issued 2018-01-03
dc.description.abstract Optimizing work team composition in organizational and educational environments is an important task toward maximizing performance. Social science research has revealed that personality trait composition influences team cohesion and performance. However, this research has not been well-adapted into the IS context. In addition, prior research demonstrates how individual personality traits impact teams, but fails to appropriately characterize overall team personality composition. We expand this research by 1) characterizing holistic personality compositions, and 2) examining team learning in addition to performance in the IS context. We draw from theory on team performance and "Big 5" trait composition. Results demonstrate that teams comprised of homogenous versus heterogeneous personality compositions differ in their performance and learning. The primary implication of this research is that teams can benefit from a priori personality measurements and directed composition. Initially, optimal learning and effectiveness comes from homogenous teams. However, this may change over time.
dc.format.extent 10 pages
dc.identifier.doi 10.24251/HICSS.2018.059
dc.identifier.isbn 978-0-9981331-1-9
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/49946
dc.language.iso eng
dc.relation.ispartof Proceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject Social and Psychological Perspectices in Collaboration Research
dc.subject Big 5, cluster analysis, personality, software development, teams
dc.title The Effect of Software Team Personality Composition on Learning and Performance: Making the "Dream" Team
dc.type Conference Paper
dc.type.dcmi Text
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