Motivated information processing during intergroup competition: A model of intergroup competition effects on individual effort

作者：Wittchen Marion^*; van Dick Rolf; Hertel Guido

来源：Organizational Psychology Review, 2011, 1(3): 257-272.

DOI：10.1177/2041386611398166

• intergroup competition
• motivation
• effort
• systematic processing
• self-construal
• social identification

Group work in organizations usually involves the existence of more than one group, which can lead to intergroup competition either implicitly or based on explicit competitive incentives. In this paper, a model of task-related effort in multigroup settings is developed, relating findings on intergroup competition to current research on motivation and information processing in groups. Increased effort during intergroup competition is explained based on (a) the degree of deliberate and systematic information retrieval and processing, and (b) the degree of collective self-construal within the groups. Implications for using and dealing with intergroup competition in organizations are discussed.

• 出版日期2011-8