TY - JOUR AB - Purpose Adopting a multi-level research approach, this study aims to investigate the impact of employee engagement on team performance. It further explores the mediating effects of employee commitment and organizational citizenship behaviour on the employee engagement–team performance relationship.Design/methodology/approach The study follows a quantitative method. Data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire survey using snowball and convenience sampling. Descriptive statistics and bi-variate correlation analyses were conducted using SmartPLS 2 and SPSS 20 software, and subsequently, a structural equation model was developed.Findings The study suggests that better employee engagement could improve team performance in organizational contexts. Organizational commitment and citizenship behaviour played a mediating role in the employee engagement–team performance relationship. Further research on the meditating effects of demographic factors is suggested to advance knowledge in the employee engagement domain.Research limitations/implications Based on premises of the social exchange theory and the employee stewardship theory, the study integrates multi-level variables to impact of individual employee engagement on organizational team performance. The findings of the study contribute to the existing literature by providing empirical evidence of the impact of individual-level variables on team-level performance. It reiterates the need for multi-level modelling of organizational behavioural research.Originality/value The study used a multi-theoretical approach to investigate team performance in organizational contexts, i.e. individual employee engagement, organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behaviour. This integrated model using predictors from multiple levels demonstrates that team performance could be enhanced from interactions of different factors of individual behaviour. VL - 25 IS - 1/2 SN - 1352-7592 DO - 10.1108/TPM-12-2017-0078 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/TPM-12-2017-0078 AU - Uddin Md. Aftab AU - Mahmood Monowar AU - Fan Luo PY - 2018 Y1 - 2018/01/01 TI - Why individual employee engagement matters for team performance? Mediating effects of employee commitment and organizational citizenship behaviour T2 - Team Performance Management: An International Journal PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 47 EP - 68 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -