DEJ #4

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In Personal Values and Performance in Teams: An Individual and Team-Level Analysis, David J. Glew demonstrates how personal values can have some sort of effect on  both individual and team performance. In order to have successful teamwork, David says the importance of how teams must have a strong alignment of personal values with organizational goals. He believes this aligns to enhanced cooperation, commitment, and performance. I would say I have to agree. This reminds me of one of my summer jobs this past summer where I was at a workplace where not all of our goals aligned and we were all different in our own way. This led to some confusion and frustration in the workplace because we felt like we were all distant from each other because our end goals don’t necessarily align with one another. Glew’s research revealed that personal values did not significantly predict peer-evaluated performance, despite the expectation of a positive impact. In contrast, an individual’s prior performance proved to be a stronger indicator of their future team-based performance. However, at the team level, the value of equality had a positive influence on overall performance for undergraduate teams, while the results were less clear for MBA teams.

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