PATTERNS OF INTERDEPENDENCE IN WORK TEAMS: A TWO‐LEVEL INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONS WITH JOB AND TEAM SATISFACTION

Abstract

A questionnaire study in 17 school and 24 engineering teams examined affective reactions to task and goal interdependence at the group and individual level of analysis. Group‐level task interdependence was positively related to group members' job and team satisfaction. Within‐group differences in the degree of task interdependence were unrelated to affective responses. Interactions revealed that within‐group task interdependence is positively related to both job and team satisfaction only if the degree of goal interdependence in the work team is high.