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Can Effective Teamwork Enhance Members' Well-Being?

Elizabeth Bell (Clemson University, USA)

Gabriela Fernández Castillo (Rice University, USA)

Maha Khalid (Rice University, USA)

Gabrielle Rufrano (Clemson University, USA)

Allison M. Traylor (Clemson University, USA)

Eduardo Salas (Rice University, USA)

Stress and Well-Being in Teams

ISBN: 978-1-83797-732-1, eISBN: 978-1-83797-731-4

Publication date: 6 September 2024

Abstract

Across many high-stakes contexts, teams influence their members’ physical and psychological Well-Being. For example, teams can provide social support and backup behaviors to reduce demands on team members. On the contrary, teams engaged in conflict or other deleterious processes can serve as a source of stress for their members. Despite these potential impacts, existing research primarily focuses on the impact of teamwork on team-level, rather than individual-level outcomes. This chapter argues that teams play an important role in members’ Well-Being, synthesizing existing research on the topic and focusing on synthesizing research that suggests teams play an important and overlooked role in members’ Well-Being, and providing recommendations for future research in this domain.

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Acknowledgments

This work was partially supported by the US Army Research Institute (ARI) for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Grant/Award Number: W911NF-19-2-0173. This work was also partially supported by the Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences (University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA), which is funded by the National Institutes of Health (Clinical and Translational Award UL1 TR003167) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. Rice University is a partner in this grant.

Citation

Bell, E., Castillo, G.F., Khalid, M., Rufrano, G., Traylor, A.M. and Salas, E. (2024), "Can Effective Teamwork Enhance Members' Well-Being?", Harms, P.D. and Chang, C.-H.(D). (Ed.) Stress and Well-Being in Teams (Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being, Vol. 22), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 121-144. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-355520240000022006

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Emerald Publishing Limited