Leveraging the collective mind
            The Power of Us
            Jay J. Van Bavel and Dominic J. Packer
            Little, Brown Spark, 2021. 320 pp.

S. Alexander Haslam

doi:10.1126/science.abl5269

Leveraging the collective mind The Power of Us Jay J. Van Bavel and Dominic J. Packer Little, Brown Spark, 2021. 320 pp.

Science ◽

10.1126/science.abl5269 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 373 (6560) ◽

pp. 1206-1206

Author(s):

S. Alexander Haslam

Keyword(s):

Collective Mind

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Supersizing Intelligence: How the Collective Mind Builds on Dual Networks

Strategic Change ◽

10.1002/jsc.2202 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 291-300

Author(s):

Matthew S. Checkley ◽

Maria Fernanda Abarca Galindo

Keyword(s):

Collective Mind

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Team Cognition, Collective Efficacy, and Performance in Strategic Decision-Making Teams

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.2012.40.3.381 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 40 (3) ◽

pp. 381-394 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Huey-Wen Chou ◽

Yu-Hsun Lin ◽

Shyan-Bin Chou

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Collective Efficacy ◽

Team Performance ◽

Strategic Decision ◽

Strategic Decision Making ◽

Team Cognition ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Collective Mind ◽

And Performance ◽

The Impact

With the growing use of teamwork for strategic decision making in organizations, an understanding of the teamwork dynamics in the strategic decision-making process is critical for both researchers and practitioners. By conceptualizing team cognition in terms of a transactive memory system (TMS) and collective mind, in this study we explored the relationships among TMS, collective mind, and collective efficacy and the impact of these variables on team performance. Longitudinal data collected from 98 undergraduates were analyzed. Neither the TMS–team performance relationship nor the collective mind–team performance relationship was significant. Collective efficacy was found to play a mediating role in such relationships. We concluded that team cognition with collective efficacy is beneficial for understanding teamwork dynamics in strategic decision making.

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