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.
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.
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:
2022
Sauer, N. C. & Kauffeld, S. (2022). Meetings – wie aus einem täglichen Ärgernis erfolgreiche Besprechungen werden [Meetings - how to turn a daily nuisance into successful meetings]. 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
Güntner, A. V. & Kauffeld, S. (in press). 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 (free download)
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 [A matter of time? Mastering challenges of virtual team collaboration]. Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Organisationspsychologie (GIO), 50(1), 33-41. doi: 10.1007/s11612-019-00445-5
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
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
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. [Share Leadership, harvest Performance with the 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), 47, 275–282. doi:10.1007/s11612-016-0337-3
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 [Distributed but connected: Virtual teamwork]. 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 [Interaction analysis in groups: application and challenges]. 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 [Contagion in groups: the role of shared feelings for group processes and outcomes]. Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für angewandte Organisationspsychologie. doi:10.1007/s11612-016-0340-8. For more Information click here
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) [I – we – my organization will survive it! The questionnaire to measure individual, team and organizational resilience (FITOR)]. Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für angewandte Organisationspsychologie (GIO), 47, 139-149. doi: 10.1007/s11612-016-0321-y
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? [Avoid complainig. What leads to successfull meetings?]. Forschung und Lehre, 1/2013, 52-53.
Kauffeld, S., & Meinecke, A. (2013). Vorsicht, ansteckend [Caution, contagious]! Personalmagazin, 2/2013, 26-28.
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.
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
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 [Not without side effects: Meetings as a health risk]. 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 [Meetings in cultural comparison: Germans need clarity, the Swizz need good listeners]. PERSONALquarterly, 65, 28-33.
2012
Kauffeld, S. (2012). Jammerspiralen in Organisationen [Complainig cycles in organizations]. 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
2006
Kauffeld, S. (2006). Rezension zu: van Dick, R. & West, M.A. (2005). Teamwork, Teamdiagnose, Teamentwicklung [Review of van Dick, R., & West, M. A. (2005)]. Zeitschrift für Personalpsychologie, 5, 31-32. doi:10.1026/1617-6391.5.1.31
2001
Kauffeld, S., & Frieling, E. (2001). Der Fragebogen zur Arbeit im Team (F-A-T) [The team work questionnaire]. Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, 45, 26-33. doi:10.1026//0932-4089.45.1.26
Kauffeld, S., & Grote, S. (2001). Teams in Organisationen: Diagnose und Entwicklung [Teams in organization: Diagnosis and development]. Personalführung, 1, 26-33.
Contributions to textbooks and conference proceedings:
Grote, S., & Kauffeld, S. (2007). Stabilisieren oder dynamisieren: Das Balance-Inventar der Führung (BALI-F) [Stabilize or dynamize: The Balance-Inventory of Leadership]. In J. Erpenbeck, & L. v. Rosenstiel (Eds.), Handbuch Kompetenzmessung (2nd ed., pp. 317-336). Stuttgart, Germany: Schäffer-Poeschel.
Kauffeld, S., & Schulte, E.-M. (2013). Führung in Teams [Leadership in teams]. In M. Landes, & E. Steiner (Eds.), Psychologie der Wirtschaft (pp. 385-402). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
Kauffeld, S., & Schulte, E.-M. (2012). Teamentwicklung und Teamführung [Team development and team leadership]. In P. Heimerl, & R. Sichler (Eds.), Strategie - Organisation - Personal - Führung (pp. 559-594). Wien, Austria: falcultas wuv (UTB).
Klünder, J., Prenner, N., Windmann, A.-K., Stess, M., Nolting, M., Kortum, F., Handke, L., Schneider, K., & Kauffeld, S. (in press). 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.