Teamwork and Leadership in the Digital Age

“Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results."
Andrew Carnegie

Changes due to digitization and technological progress shape the way we collaborate, communicate and perform within the organizational setting. In this research area, our goal is to better understand what it means to be a team member and a leader in the digital age. Specifically, we focus on how individuals, teams, leaders, and organizations can adapt to the continuous changing work conditions and remain successful. We explore and identify psychological and organizational mechanisms that support adaptive capacity, effectiveness and innovation. Combining various research methods, such as qualitative interviews, quantitative field surveys, and experiments, we investigate the topics that are essential for individual and organizational success of large corporates, new ventures, and academic institutions.

Leads
Jakub Cichor

Projects & Research Groups
Teamwork | Leadership | Digital Age

Key Publications

Cichor, J. E., Hubner-Benz, S., Benz, T., Emmerling, F., & Peus, C. (2023). Robot leadership–Investigating human perceptions and reactions towards social robots showing leadership behaviors. PloS ONE, 18(2). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281786

Georganta, E., Peus, C., & Niess, J. (2023). Interactive technologies through the lens of team effectiveness: an interdisciplinary systematic literature review. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2023.2178904

Palmas, F., Reinelt, R., Cichor, J. E., Plecher, D. A., & Klinker, G. (2021, March). Virtual Reality Public Speaking Training: Experimental Evaluation of Direct Feedback Technology Acceptance. In 2021 IEEE Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR) (pp. 463-472). IEEE.

Georganta, E., Kugler, K. G., Reif, J. M., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2020). Diving Deep into Team Adaptation: How Does it Really Unfold Over Time?. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice. doi: 10.1037/gdn0000133

Georganta, E., Kugler, K. G., Reif, J. M., & Brodbeck, F. C. (2020). The Four-Phase Team Adaptation Process: A First Empirical Investigation. Team Performance Management. doi: 10.1108/TPM-01-2020-0007

Peus, C., and A. Hauser, 2020, “Herausforderung Digitalisierung – Acht Thesen für zukunftsorientiertes Führungshandeln [The challenge of digitialization - eight theses for future-oriented leadership],” Wirtschaftspsychologie aktuell, 2/2020, S. 21-26

Ulfert, A.-S. & Georganta, E. (2020¹). A Model of Team Trust in Human-Agent Teams. ICMI Workshop on Insights into Group and Team Dynamics Proceedings

Palmas, F., Cichor, J. E., Plecher, D. A., & Klinker, G. (2019, October). Acceptance and Effectiveness of a Virtual Reality Public Speaking Training. In 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) (pp. 363-371). IEEE.