Team and Leadership

Team diagnosis, team development and team interaction processes

Most of today’s work takes place in teams. In our research, we are interested in the behaviour of teams, the diagnosis of teams and the subsequent team development measures. We frequently use the Questionnaire for Working in Teams (Fragebogen zur Arbeit im Team; F-A-T, Kauffeld, 2004) for diagnostic purposes. We further use process analyses to shed light on interaction processes in teams based on objective, behavioural data and analyse these data with the act4teams® coding scheme.

Leader-follower-interaction, Shared Leadership

Many leaders’ everyday life is characterised by demanding communication tasks, such as chairing meetings, leading appraisal interviews or feedback. In our research, we address how leadership, conceptualised as a social influence process, takes effect in communication. We don’t look at leaders as independent individuals, but focus on the interaction processes between leaders and followers. For example, we investigate the influence of leadership in appraisal interviews and team meetings. Furthermore, we research how leadership can be shared in teams.

Current and concluded projects (selection):

Work Design and Communication in Virtual Teams (2018-2019; DAAD)
TeamDynamics: Interaktion und Kommunikation in verteilten Softwareteams - eine längsschnittliche Fallstudie (2018-2020; DFG)
TeamFLOW: Interaction and communication in distributed software teams (2015-2018; DFG)
KAMiiSo - Digital tools to support communication and method application in collaborative design (2017-2020; BMBF)

Publications (selection):

Books:

Kauffeld, S. & Sauer, N. C. (2021) Meetings. Grundlagen und Empfehlungen für eine effiziente Gestaltung [Meetings. Fundamentals and recommendations for efficient design]. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.

ISBN 978-3-17-038412-5

Kauffeld, S. (2004). Der Fragebogen zur Arbeit im Team [The team work questionnaire]. Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe.

Additional information about FAT:
FAT in the Testzentrale
Kauffeld, S. & Frieling, E. (2001). Der Fragebogen zur Arbeit im Team (F-A-T) [The team work questionaire]. Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, 45, 26-33. doi:10.1026//0932-4089.45.1.26
Mojzisch, A. (2007). Fragebogen zur Arbeit im Team (FAT) [The team work questionaire]. Zeitschrift für Arbeits-und Organisationspsychologie A&O, 51(3), 137-142.

Kauffeld, S. (2001). Teamdiagnose [Team diagnosis]. Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe.

ISBN-13: 978-3-8017-1412-3

Contributions to journals:

2024

Gehreke, L., Schilling, H., & Kauffeld, S. (2024). Effectiveness of peer mentoring in the study entry phase: A systematic review. Review of Education, 12, e3462. https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.346

Handke, L., O’Neill, T. A., McLarnon, M. J. W., & Kauffeld, S. (2024). What goes around comes around - work characteristics as both antecedents and outcomes of hybrid work adoption. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2024.2441884

Mateescu, M. & Kauffeld, S. (2024). Interactive external representations for knowledge-building processes and performance in dyads: An experimental study. Computers in Human Behavior Reports. doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2024.100519

Mehner, L., Rothenbusch, S. & Kauffeld, S. (2024). How to Maximize the Impact of Workplace Training: A mixed-method analysis of social support, training transfer and knowledge sharing. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2024.2319082.

2023

Berg, A.-K., Bakaç, C. & Kauffeld, S. (2023). Modeling (in)congruence in groups: A how-to guide for applying polynomial regression and response surface method to multilevel data. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice. DOI: 10.1037/gdn0000200

Gosch, N., Schulte, E.-M. & Kauffeld, S. (2023). Capturing the impact employees have on their coworkers and leaders: a holistic approach on health-specific support behavior from employees. Frontiers in Psychology. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1183862

Kortsch, T., Bashenkhaeva, V., & Kauffeld, S. (2023). Learning from leaders: The mediating role of leadership between national culture and organizational learning culture. Human Resource Development International, 26(2), 151–174. doi.org/10.1080/13678868.2022.2060167

2022

Kauffeld, S., & Berg, A. (2022). Wie Mitarbeitende Veränderungsprozesse in Unternehmen gestalten können. PERSONALquarterly, 74(2), 18-25.

Kauffeld, S., Tartler, D., Gräfe, H., Windmann, A.-K., & Sauer, N. C. (2022). What will mobile and virtual work look like in the future?—Results of a Delphi-based study. Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Organisationspsychologie (GIO). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11612-022-00627-8

Komp, R., Kauffeld, S., & Ianiro-Dahm, P. (2022). The Concept of Health-Promoting Collaboration - A Starting Point to Reduce Presenteeism? Frontiers in Psycholgy, 12,782597. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.782597

Kortsch, T., Bashenkhaeva, V., & Kauffeld, S. (2022). Learning from leaders: The mediating role of leadership between national culture and organizational learning culture. Human Resource Development International. Advance online publication. doi:10.1080/13678868.2022.2060167

Sauer, N. C. & Kauffeld, S. (2022). Meetings – wie aus einem täglichen Ärgernis erfolgreiche Besprechungen werden. people&work, 22(2), 70-73.

Müller-Frommeyer L. & Kauffeld, S. (2022). Capturing the Temporal Dynamics of Language Style Matching in Groups and Teams. Small Group Research, 53(1), 1-29. doi:10.1177/10464964211073347

2021

Eichenseer, V., Schulte, E.-M., Spurk, D., & Kauffeld, S. (2021). Brokers compensate for leader–member exchange differentiation: Behavioral observations in innovation meetings. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 20(1), 39–49. doi: 10.1027/1866-5888/a000265

Endrejat, P.C., Klonek, F., Müller-Frommeyer, L., & Kauffeld, S. (in press). Turning Change Resistance into Readiness: How Change Agents' Communication Shapes Recipient Reactions. European Management Journal. doi: 10.1016/j.emj.2020.11.004

Güntner, A.V., Endrejat, P.C. & Kauffeld, S. (2021). The Emergence of Employees‘ Change Readiness for Energy-Conservation Behavior During Guided Group Discussions. Frontiers in Psychology, 12,587529. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.587529

Güntner, A. V. & Kauffeld, S. (2021). Die Ko-Konstruktion von Führung in veränderungsbezogenen Interaktionen zwischen Führungskräften und Mitarbeitenden. Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Organisationspsychologie (GIO). Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s11612-021-00591-9 (Download frei verfügbar)

Güntner, A. V., Klasmeier, K. N., Klonek, F. E., & Kauffeld, S. (2021). The Power of Followers That do not Follow: Investigating the Effects of Follower Resistance, Leader Implicit Followership Theories and Leader Negative Affect on the Emergence of Destructive Leader Behavior. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies. doi: 10.1177/15480518211012408

Müller-Frommeyer, L. & Kauffeld, S. (2021). Gaining insights into organizational communication dynamics through the analysis of implicit and explicit communication. Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Organisationspsychologie (GIO) 52(1), 173-183. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s11612-021-00559-9 (Download frei verfügbar)

Straube, J. & Kauffeld, S. (2021). Working Across Faultiness - Assessing Intersubgroup Communication in Teams. Frontiers in Communication 6:582937. Advance online publication. doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2021.582937

2020

Schulte, E.-M., & Kauffeld, S. (2020). Does my attitude toward meetings matter? The impact of supervisors’ and team members’ team meeting attitudes on counterproductive meeting behaviour and outcomes. International Journal of Management Practice, 13(6), 674-697.

2019

Estel, V., Schulte, E.-M., Spurk, D., & Kauffeld, S. (2019). LMX Differentiation Is Good for Some and Bad for Others: A Multilevel Analysis of Effects of LMX Differentiation in Innovation Teams. Cogent Psychology, 6

Handke, L., & Kauffeld, S. (2019). Alles eine Frage der Zeit? Herausforderungen virtueller Teams und deren Bewältigung am Beispiel der Softwareentwicklung. Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Organisationspsychologie (GIO), 50(1), 33-41. doi: 10.1007/s11612-019-00445-5

Handke, L., Schulte, E.-M., Schneider, K., & Kauffeld, S. (2019). Teams, Time, and Technology: Variations of Media Use over Project Phases. Small Group research 50(2), 266-305. doi:10.1177/1046496418824151

Handke, L., Klonek, F. E., Parker, S. K., & Kauffeld, S. (2019). Interactive Effects of Team Virtuality and Work Design on Team Functioning. Small Group Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/1046496419863490

Heuer, K., Müller-Frommeyer, L. C., & Kauffeld, S. (2019). Language Matters: The Double-Edged Role of Linguistic Style Matching in Work Groups. Small Group Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/1046496419874498

Meinecke, A. L., Handke, L., Müller-Frommeyer, L. C., & Kauffeld, S. (2019). Capturing non-linear temporally embedded processes in organizations using recurrence quantification analysis. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. doi: 10.1080/1359432X.2019.1658624

Meinecke, A. L., & Kauffeld, S. (2019). Engaging the Hearts and Minds of Followers: Leader Empathy and Language Style Matching During Appraisal Interviews. Journal of Business and Psychology, 34(4), 485-501. DOI: 10.1007/s10869-018-9554-9

2018

Handke, L., Schulte, E.-M., Schneider, K., & Kauffeld, S. (2018). The medium isn’t the message: Introducing a measure of adaptive virtual communication. Cogent Arts & Humanities. doi: 10.1080/23311983.2018.1514953

Schneider, K., Klünder, J., Kortum, F., Handke, L., Straube, J., & Kauffeld, S. (2018). Positive affect through interactions in meetings: The role of proactive and supportive statements. Journal of Systems and Software, 143, 59-70. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2018.05.001

Straube, J., Meinecke, A. L., Schneider, K., & Kauffeld, S. (2018). Effects of Media Compensation on Team Performance: The Role of Demographic Faultlines. Small Group Research, 49(6). doi: 10.1177/1046496418796281

2017

Grille, A., Kauffeld, S., Sauer, N, & Schulte, E.-M. (2017). Führung teilen, Leistung ernten mit dem Online-Tool SPLIT. PERSONALquarterly, 1-2017, 26-33.

Kauffeld, S., Sauer, N., & Handke, L. (2017). Shared Leadership. Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für angewandte Organisationspsychologie (GIO), 48, 235-238. doi: 10.1007/s11612-017-0381-7

Lehmann-Willenbrock, N., Chiu, M. M., Lei, Z. & Kauffeld, S. (2017). Understanding positivity within dynamic team interactions: A statistical discourse analysis. Group & Organization Management. doi:10.1177/1059601116628720

Meinecke, A. L., Klonek, F. E., & Kauffeld, S. (2017). Appraisal participation and perceived voice in annual appraisal interviews: Uncovering contextual factors. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies. doi:10.1177/1548051816655990

Meinecke, A. L., Lehmann-Willenbrock, N., & Kauffeld, S. (2017). What happens during annual appraisal interviews? How leader-follower interactions unfold and impact interview outcomes. Journal of Applied Psychology, 102(7), 1054-1074. doi:10.1037/apl0000219

2016

Endrejat, P. C., & Kauffeld, S. (2016). Über innovationsverhindernde und innovationsfördernde Denkweisen [About Innovation Impeding and Innovation Facilitating Mindsets]. Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Organisationspsychologie (GIO)

Kauffeld, S. & Güntner, A.V. (2016). Teilnehmer-Typologie. Wer Besprechungen trägt, behindert, anderswo sein sollte. Organisationsentwicklung, 4, 29-35. [pdf]

Kauffeld, S., Handke, L. & Straube, J. (2016). Verteilt und doch verbunden: Virtuelle Teamarbeit. Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für angewandte Organisationspsychologie, 47 (1), 43-51.

Klonek, F. E., Quera, V., Burba, M. & Kauffeld, S. (2016). Group interactions and time: Using sequential analysis to study group dynamics in project meetings. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 20, 209-222.

Lehmann-Willenbrock, N., Beck, S. J. & Kauffeld, S. (2016). Emergent team roles in organizational meetings: Identifying communication patterns via cluster analysis. Communication Studies, 1, 37-57. [pdf] doi:10.1080/10510974.2015.1074087

Meinecke, A. L., & Kauffeld, S. (2016). Interaktionsanalyse in Gruppen: Anwendung und Herausforderungen. Gruppe.Interaktion.Organisation. (GIO), 47, 321-333. doi:10.1007/s11612-016-0347-1

Meinecke, A. L., Klonek, F. E., & Kauffeld, S. (2016). Using observational research methods to study voice and silence in organizations. German Journal of Human Resource Management, 30, 195-224. doi:10.1177/2397002216649862.

Meyer, B, Schermuly, C. C. & Kauffeld, S. (2016). That’s not my place: The interacting effects of faultlines, subgroup size, and social competence on social loafing behavior in work groups. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 1, 31-49. doi:10.1080/1359432X.2014.996554

Paulsen, H. F. K. & Kauffeld, S. (2016). Ansteckungsprozesse in Gruppen. Die Rolle von geteilten Gefühlen für Gruppenprozesse und -ergebnisse. Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für angewandte Organisationspsychologie, 47(4), 357-364. doi:10.1007/s11612-016-0340-8

Paulsen, H. F. K., Klonek, F. E., Schneider, K., & Kauffeld, S (2016). Group affective tone and team performance: A week level study in project teams. Frontiers in Communication 1, 7. doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2016.00007

Sauer, N. C. & Kauffeld, S. (2016). The Structure of Interaction at Meetings: A Social Network Analysis. Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie A&O, 60(1), 33-49. DOI: 10.1026/0932-4089/a000201

Schulte, E.-M., Gessnitzer, S., & Kauffeld, S. (2016). Ich - wir - meine Organisation werden das überstehen! Der Fragebogen zur individuellen, Team- und organisationalen Resilienz (FITOR). Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für angewandte Organisationspsychologie (GIO), 47, 139-149.

2015

Bavendiek, A., Thiele, L., Meyer, P., Vietor, T., Kauffeld, S. & Fingscheidt, T. (2015). Meetings in the product development process: Applying design methods to improve team interaction and meeting outcomes. Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED15).

Grille, A. & Kauffeld, S. (2015). Development and preliminary validation of the Shared Professional Leadership Inventory for Teams (SPLIT). Psychology, 6, 75-92.

Grille, A., Schulte, E-M. & Kauffeld, S. (2015). Promoting shared leadership - A multilevel analysis investigating the role of prototypical team leader behavior, psychological empowerment and fair rewards. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 22, 324-339. doi:10.1177/1548051815570039

Lehmann-Willenbrock, N., Meinecke, A. L., Rowold, J., & Kauffeld, S. (2015). How transformational leadership works during team interactions: A behavioral process analysis. The Leadership Quarterly, 26, 1017-1033.

Sauer, N. C. & Kauffeld, S. (2015). The ties of meeting leaders: A social network analysis. Psychology, 6, 415-434. doi:10.4236/psych.2015.64039

Schneider, K., Liskin, O., Paulsen, H., Kauffeld, S. (2015). Media, Mood, and Meetings: Related to Project Success? ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 15(4), 21

Schulte, E.-M., Lehmann-Willenbrock, N. & Kauffeld, S. (2015). Treat us fairly and we won't complain: Multilevel effects of procedural justice on team meeting interaction. Psychology, 6, 1795-1810.

2013

Kauffeld, S. (2013). Jammerorgien vermeiden. Wie wird eine Sitzung erfolgreich? Forschung und Lehre, 1/2013, 52-53.

Kauffeld, S. & Meinecke, A. (2013). Vorsicht, ansteckend! Personalmagazin, 2/2013, 26-28.

Lehmann-Willenbrock, N., Grohmann, A. & Kauffeld, S. (2013). Promoting multifoci citizenship behavior: Time-lagged effects of procedural justice, trust, and commitment. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 62, 454-485. doi:10.1111/j.1464-0597.2012.00488.x

Lehmann-Willenbrock, N., Allen, J. A. & Kauffeld, S. (2013). A sequential analysis of procedural communication in organizational meetings: How teams facilitate their meetings. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 4, 365-388.

Liskin, O., Schneider, K., Kiesling, S. & Kauffeld, S. (2013). Meeting intensity as an indicator for project pressure: Exploring meeting profiles. Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE 2013), ICSE 2013.

Sauer, N. C. & Kauffeld, S. (2013). Meetings as networks: Applying social network analysis to team interaction. Communication Methods & Measures, 7, 26-47.

Schulte, E.-M., Fenner, T. & Kauffeld, S. (2013). Nicht ohne Nebenwirkungen: Gesundheitsrisiko Meeting. PERSONALquarterly, 65, 8-15.

Schulte, E.-M., Lehmann-Willenbrock, N. & Kauffeld, S. (2013). Age, forgiveness, and meeting behavior: A multilevel study. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 28, 928-949. doi: 10.1108/JMP-06-2013-0193

Suter, G. & Kauffeld, S. (2013). Meetings im kulturellen Vergleich: Deutsche brauchen Klarheit, Schweizer gute Zuhörer. PERSONALquarterly, 65, 28-33.

2012

Kauffeld, S. (2012). Jammerspiralen in Organisationen. Organisationsentwicklung, 3, 81-86.

Kauffeld, S. & Lehmann-Willenbrock, N. (2012). Meetings matter: Effects of team meetings on team and organizational success. Small Group Research, 43, 130-158.

2011

Jonas, E., Kauffeld, S., Sullivan, D. & Fritsche, I. (2011). Dedicate your life to the company! A terror management perspective on organizational identity. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 41, 2858–2882. doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00854.x

Lehmann-Willenbrock, N., Grohmann, A. & Kauffeld, S. (2011). Task and relationship conflict at work: Development and construct validation of a German version of Jehn’s intragroup conflict scale. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 27, 171-178. doi:10.1027/1015-5759/a000064

Lehmann-Willenbrock, N., Meyers, R. A., Kauffeld, S., Neininger, A. & Henschel, A. (2011). Verbal interaction sequences and group mood: Exploring the role of planning communication. Small Group Research, 42, 639-668. doi:10.1177/1046496411398397

2010

Lehmann-Willenbrock, N. & Kauffeld, S. (2010). Development and construct validation of the German Workplace Trust Survey (G-WTS). European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 25, 3-10. doi:10.1027/1015-5759/a000002

Neininger, A., Lehmann-Willenbrock, N., Kauffeld, S. & Henschel, A. (2010). Effects of organizational and team commitment - a longitudinal study. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 76, 576-579. doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2010.01.009

2005

Kauffeld, S. (2006). Rezension zu: van Dick, R. & West, M.A. (2005). Teamwork, Teamdiagnose, Teamentwicklung. Zeitschrift für Personalpsychologie, 5, 31-32.

2001

Kauffeld, S. & Frieling, E. (2001). Der Fragebogen zur Arbeit im Team (F-A-T). Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, 45, 26-33.

Kauffeld, S. & Grote, S. (2001). Teams in Organisationen: Diagnose und Entwicklung. Personalführung, 1, 26-33.

Contributions to textbooks and conference proceedings:

2023

Kauffeld, S. & Schulte, E.-M. (2023). Resilienz in Teams. In B. Badura, A. Ducki, J. Baumgardt, M. Meyer, & H. Schröder,(Eds.), Fehlzeiten-Report 2023. Zeitenwende - Arbeit gesund gestalten (pp. 207–217). Berlin: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-67514-4_13

Kauffeld, S. & Straube, J. (2023). Working Across Faultlines - Assessing Intersubgroup Communication in Teams. In I. Messina, C. Marogna & S. W. Karterud (Hrsg.), New perspectives in the study of group dynamics (S. 63–77). Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-83251-671-3

2021

Kauffeld, S. (2021). Die Arbeitswelt der Zukunft: Virtuell, mobil und doch gemeinsam. In Gröbel, R & Dransfeld-Haase, I. (Hrsg.), Strategische Personalarbeit in der Transformation. Partizipation und Mitbestimmung für ein erfolgreiches HRM (S. 560-580). Frankfurt am Main: Bund-Verlag.

2020

Klünder, J., Prenner, N., Windmann, A.-K., Stess, M., Nolting, M., Kortum, F., Handke, L., Schneider, K., & Kauffeld, S. (2020). Do You Just Discuss or Do You Solve? Meeting Analysis in a Software Project at Early Stages. In: SEmotion ’20: Workshop on Emotion Awareness in Software Engineering. doi: 10.1145/3387940.3391468

2013

Kauffeld, S. & Schulte, E.-M. (2013). Führung in Teams. In M. Landes & E. Steiner (Hrsg.), Psychologie der Wirtschaft (S. 385-402). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.

2012

Kauffeld, S. & Schulte, E.-M. (2012). Teamentwicklung und Teamführung. In P. Heimerl & R. Sichler (Hrsg.), Strategie - Organisation - Personal - Führung (S. 559-594). Wien: falcultas wuv (UTB).

2007

Grote, S. & Kauffeld, S. (2007). Stabilisieren oder dynamisieren: Das Balance-Inventar der Führung (BALI-F). In J. Erpenbeck & L. v. Rosenstiel (Hrsg.), Handbuch Kompetenzmessung (2. Aufl., S. 317-336). Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel.

Team and Leadership

Team diagnosis, team development and team interaction processes

Leader-follower-interaction, Shared Leadership

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