Dr. Jan Bena will be presenting:
"Intelligence Is Not Enough: How Cognitive Ability, Emotional Regulation Ability, and Conscientiousness Align to Predict Team Performance"
Abstract: Cognitive ability is one of the best predictors of individual performance. Despite this, team scholars have been unable to identify a reliable way to translate cognitive ability into team performance. We propose that cognitive ability represents a latent team resource whose potential can be transformed into usable resources for teams when it aligns with team members’ conscientiousness and emotion regulation ability. Through two complementary studies with multi-sourced data and clear objective performance indicators, we find empirical support for our hypotheses: when cognitive ability, conscientiousness, and emotion regulation ability align in team members, teams coordinate better, which leads to superior performance. This finding has the potential to contribute to several ongoing conversations including those regarding team cognitive ability, team composition, and teams as complex systems.
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