Group Personality Composition, Satisfaction and Performance in Virtual Teams

Multi-user virtual environments (MUVE) have been gaining popularity as a medium for collective work in modern organizations. No empirical work to date has examined performance and satisfaction outcomes in a non-arbitrary, MUVE-mediated team. This study considered the influence of group personality composition on multiple sources of performance ratings as well as satisfaction outcomes using a quasi-experimental design. The teams in this study were assigned via Humphrey, Hollenbeck, Meyer, and Ilgen’s (2007) “seeding” technique for group personality composition, and worked collaboratively over three months on a MUVE project. Recommendations for future research in MUVE contexts are discussed.