Transactive Goal Dynamics Theory: A relational goals perspective on work teams and leadership
Transactive Goal Dynamics (TGD) Theory is a multi-level, relational theory of goal pursuit that can be used to understand behavior within organizational teams. The theory describes the nature of goal-related interdependence (called transactive density) within dyads and groups, and predicts when transactive density will have positive versus negative consequences for goal-related outcomes. TGD Theory states that within many close dyads and teams, individuals’ goals, pursuits, and outcomes come to affect each other in a dense network of goal-related interdependence, with the individuals possessing and pursuing goals oriented toward themselves, other members of the system, and the system as a whole. This article discusses novel implications of the theory for the understanding of organizational teams and team leadership, and constraints on relational dynamics within organizational contexts.
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Related Subject Headings
- Business & Management
- 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
- 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
- 3505 Human resources and industrial relations
- 1701 Psychology
- 1503 Business and Management