Little, Beverly L.2014-03-142014-03-141993-04-06etd-10212005-122952http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40054This research explores the meaning and relationship of the constructs of effectiveness, performance, and motivation among teams in a high performance manufacturing setting. Effectiveness is defined as actual outcomes; performance is characterized as those types of behaviors required of teams to achieve those outcomes. Motivation at the team level of analysis is conceived as collective efficacy -- the members' confidence in their team's ability to perform. Two types of antecedents to collective efficacy are explored -- prior success and compositional characteristics of the teams.x, 102 leavesBTDapplication/pdfenIn CopyrightLD5655.V856 1993.L568Motivation (Psychology)Teams in the workplace -- ManagementDissertationhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10212005-122952/