10.1177/1059601104269107GROUP & ORGANIZATION MANAGEMENTNg, Van Dyne / HELPING BEHAVIOR IN WORK GROUPS Antecedents and Performance Consequences of Helping Behavior in Work Groups A MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS

Our study examines two models of helping behavior in work groups. Our first model is a cross-level model and predicts that group-level cohesion, cooperative norms, and task conflict are related to individual helping behavior (peer-rated). Results support our hypotheses and further demonstrate that of the three group characteristics, cooperative norms have the strongest rela-tionship with individual helping behavior. Our second model is a group-level model and exam-ines the relationships among configural conceptualizations of group-level helping and group performance in conjunctive tasks. Results demonstrate that the least and the most helpful mem-bers in the group influence group performance in interesting ways. We conclude by discussing implications of our findings for practice and future research