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Harming high performers: A social comparison perspective on interpersonal harming in work teams

Authors list: Lam, Catherine K.; Van der Vegt, Gerben S.; Walter, Frank; Huang, Xu

Publication year: 2011

Pages: 588-601

Journal: Journal of Applied Psychology

Volume number: 96

Issue number: 3

ISSN: 0021-9010

eISSN: 1939-1854

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021882

Publisher: American Psychological Association

Abstract:
This study developed a multilevel model of the interpersonal harming behavior associated with social comparison processes in work teams. We tested this model using temporally lagged data from a sample of student teams (Study 1) and cross-sectional data from a sample of work teams in a telecommunication services company (Study 2). In both studies, social relations analyses revealed that in teams with less cooperative goals, comparison to a higher performing team member was positively associated with interpersonal harming behavior, but only when expectations of future performance similarity to that member were low. The interactive relationship of social comparison and expected future performance similarity with interpersonal harming was buffered, however, in teams with more cooperative goals.

Authors/Editors

- Uni.-Prof. Dr. Frank Heiko Walter

Citation Styles

Harvard Citation style: Lam, C., Van der Vegt, G., Walter, F. and Huang, X. (2011) Harming high performers: A social comparison perspective on interpersonal harming in work teams, Journal of Applied Psychology, 96(3), pp. 588-601. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021882

APA Citation style: Lam, C., Van der Vegt, G., Walter, F., & Huang, X. (2011). Harming high performers: A social comparison perspective on interpersonal harming in work teams. Journal of Applied Psychology. 96(3), 588-601. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021882