The influence of helping behaviour and voice of pleasant members on their team inclusion

Abstract

We conducted a two-phase study to investigate role of positive affect, helping behaviour, and voice on one's team inclusion. Business students (n = 105) nested in teams participated in the study and provided data through surveys at the beginning of a semester and once again after interacting with their teams for four months. Results establish that positive affect improves team inclusion via an increase in helping behaviour. It further shows that the indirect relationship between positive affect and team inclusion via helping behaviour is stronger only for high levels of voice.

Keywords

• Team inclusion
• Social exchange theory
• Positive affect
• Helping behaviour
• Voice
• Teams