Table 10.
Emergence of team roles by temporal duration of mission4.
| Short duration |
Medium duration |
Long duration |
Longer duration |
Across contexts |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roles | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Task roles | ||||||||||
| Team player | 13 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 7 |
| Task completer | 12 | 9 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | 15 | 3 |
| Mission support | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Evaluator | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 6 | 1 |
| Analyzer/synthesizer | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| Information provider | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| Clarifier | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 5 | 1 |
| Facilitator | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Power seeker | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| Boundary spanner | 15 | 11 | 24 | 19 | 67 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 111 | 22 |
| Visionary/innovator | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 5 |
| Coordinator | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | – | – | 15 | 3 |
| Team leader | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 3 |
| Project manager | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1 |
| Social roles | ||||||||||
| Contribution seeker | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Team builder | 7 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 32 | 16 | 27 | 38 | 88 | 17 |
| Harmonizer | 3 | 2 | – | – | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| Motivator | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 5 | 1 |
| Nurturer | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| Entertainer | 18 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 74 | 14 |
| Attention seeker | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 8 | 2 |
| Negativist | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 7 | – | – | 25 | 5 |
| Belittler | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Complainer | 6 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 8 |
4Percentages contained in table are based on the total task and social roles enacted for a given mission.