Synergize Task

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Available Test Forms

Synergize Task - Personality

A team creativity task by Erez et al (2015) using easily adaptable electronic confederates who communicate with the participant player via chatbox. This version simulates a team dynamic environment where people with different personalities work together.
Duration: 20 minutes
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Synergize Task - Unethical Behavior

A team creativity task by Erez et al (2015) using easily adaptable electronic confederates who communicate with the participant player via chatbox. This version simulates a team dynamic environment where cheating behavior occurs.
Duration: 20 minutes
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References

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Erez, A., Schilpzand, P., Leavitt, K., Woolum, A. H., & Judge, T. A. (2015). Inherently relational: Interactions between peers’ and individuals’ personalities impact reward giving and appraisal of individual performance. Academy of Management Journal, 58, 1761-1784.

Schilpzand, P., Leavitt, K., & Lim, S. (2016). Incivility hates company: Shared incivility attenuates rumination, stress, and psychological withdrawal by reducing self-blame. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 133, 33-44.

Leavitt, K., Qiu, F., & Shapiro, D.L. (2019). Using electronic confederates for experimental research in organizational science. Organizational Research Methods.