Groups, Teams, and Social Relationships

Back-up Behavior

• Porter, C. O. L. H. (2005). Goal orientation: Effects on backing up behavior, performance, efficacy, and commitment in teams. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90, 811–818. Measure to determine extent to which team members help others perform their roles
  • Used in Barnes, Christopher M.; Hollenbeck, John R.; Wagner, David T.; DeRue, D. Scott; Nahrgang, Jennifer D.; Schwind, Kelly M. 2008. Harmful help: The costs of backing-up behavior in teams. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93(3):529-539.

Influence

• Anderson, Cameron; Spataro, Sandra E.; Flynn, Francis J. 2008. Personality and organizational culture as determinants of influence. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93(3):702-710. Asked individuals to rate other co-workers on the amount of influence that person has over decisions at work.

Self-disclosure

• Miller, L. C., Berg, J. H., & Archer, R. L. (1983). Openers: Individuals who elicit intimate self-disclosure. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 44, 1234–1244. Self-disclosure inventory.
• Wanberg, C.R., Welsh, E., & Kammeyer-Mueller, J.D. (2007). Protégé and mentor self-disclosure: Levels and outcomes within formal mentoring dyads in a corporate context. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 70, 398-412. Contains a brief measure of self-disclosure in the mentoring context.