Reframe Team Reflexivity — Realize Do No Harm

Applied to the Cases of Burnout Prevention and Speak up Freely in Teams

verfasst von: Felix Wittke

Verlag: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden

Buchreihe : Schriftenreihe der HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management

Enthalten in: Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" , Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"

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Über dieses Buch

Team reflexivity has gained increasing research attention as an effective response to the core challenge of constant learning, innovation, and adaptation in teams due to changing circumstances. Under the right conditions, empirical studies have found that team reflexivity can improve team performance, team learning, team innovation, team creativity, and team member well-being. Thus, research shows that team reflexivity is an effective means to improve teamwork and team outcomes. This book addresses the problem that team reflexivity research is focused too narrowly on improving these empirical team outcomes while neglecting the importance of normative principles and values in good teamwork, such as the do no harm principle. Therefore, this book proposes that the team reflexivity concept needs broader reframing and deeper reflection to realize normative principles and values in teams as a precondition for good teamwork, e.g., do no harm. It further presents two team reflexivity tools and applies them in the cases of burnout prevention and speaking up freely in teams to illustrate the point of this book: Do no harm in teams requires team reflexivity, and vice versa, team reflexivity requires do no harm.

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Frontmatter

Chapter 1. Introduction

Abstract

Teams who want to avoid and learn from errors that cause harm or hinder team performance need to reflect. Team reflexivity is an umbrella concept for many different concepts for team reflection and can be described as “the extent that team members collectively reflect on the team’s objectives, strategies, processes, and performance and make changes accordingly”. Team reflexivity has gained increasing research attention as an effective response to the core challenge of constant learning, innovation, and adaptation in teams due to changing circumstances.

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Chapter 2. Understanding Team Reflexivity

Abstract

Chapter 2 will present a state-of-the-art literature review on team reflexivity. First, the concept and context of team reflexivity will be explained (2.1). Second, empirical findings regarding its effects on team outcomes in terms of benefits and costs of team reflexivity will be summarized and discussed (2.2).

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Chapter 3. Understanding Do No Harm

Abstract

Originally, when introducing reflexivity to the team level, West (1996) also mentioned normative aspects to be considered besides (empirical) team outcomes: West (1996) argues that teams show high levels of team reflexivity “not just when they focus on group objectives, strategies and processes, but also when they consider the appropriateness of their organization’s objectives in the wider society” (p. 574). The author provides the example of an organization that employs highly reflexive teams producing chemicals, who also consider the (societal) expectation not to harm the environment with their products. In his conclusion, West (1996) encourages “vigorous constructive debate [to address] the challenges of integrating diverse disciplinary perspectives” (p. 575), and this thesis will attempt to do so.

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Chapter 4. Application: Shared Understanding of Team Reflexivity and Do No Harm

Abstract

In chapter 3, do no (illegitimate) harm was presented as the universal, normative principle that guides human behavior across cultures, religions, disciplines, time, and contexts. It can be seen as practical wisdom that defines good human behavior. As the introductory quote of this chapter states, wisdom needs proper tools for application to be realized.

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Chapter 5. Conclusion

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Chapter 5 concludes this thesis with a general overview and discussion of key findings and contributions to team reflexivity and business ethics research (5.1) along with implications for researchers (5.2.1), practitioners (5.2.2), and leadership (5.2.3). These findings, the model, and the implications have limitations that will be reflected critically. Finally, this thesis’s conclusion will be drawn and an outlook for future research and practice will be given (5.3).

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Backmatter

Titel: Reframe Team Reflexivity — Realize Do No Harm
verfasst von: Felix Wittke
Verlag: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Electronic ISBN: 978-3-658-40433-8
Print ISBN: 978-3-658-40432-1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-40433-8