Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Summers, James K.
Author's Email Address	jks04d@fsu.edu
URN	etd-04042009-141153
Title	Attributions For Team Member Change And The Resulting Flux On Team Coordination Processes And Effectiveness
Degree	Doctor of Philosophy
Department	Management, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Gerald R. Ferris Committee Co-Chair Stephen E. Humphrey Committee Co-Chair Chad Van Iddekinge Committee Member Mark J. Martinko Committee Member Timothy Holcomb Committee Member Michael Brady Outside Committee Member
Keywords	Teams Coordination Effectiveness Member Change
Date of Defense	2009-02-27
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This dissertation hypothesizes the effects of membership change within teams on team coordination and effectiveness. When member change occurs, teams are likely to make attributions relating to how unexpected is the member change, based on the predictability and controllability of that change. The impact of the change (i.e., based on the unexpected nature of that change) on team coordination can be described in terms of flux (i.e., the amount of disruption caused by member change in coordination), and thus, team effectiveness. The membership change and flux-in-coordination relationship is then moderated by the importance of the member leaving the team, referred to as role criticality. The contributions and limitations of these results are discussed, as are directions for future research and practical implications.
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