RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND PUBLICATIONS:
CURRENT PROJECTS
1) Creativity and innovation in the pharmaceutical industry (with Giles Hirst, Daan van Knippenberg, and Markus
Baer)
In this project, we collected data from a multi-national pharmaceutical company in the UK, the US, and Sweden, in
order to investigate how, and under which conditions, transformational leadership relates to R&D scientists’ creative
performance and R&D team innovation. In particular, we examine whether competition and cross-group working
facilitates or hampers transformational leadership.
2) The effectiveness of organizational teams: A meta-analysis (with Jeremy Dawson and Michael West)
This study provides a statistical analysis of existing published and unpublished studies that examined the relationship
between team working in organizations and organizational effectiveness, including financial organizational outcome
variables, as well as indicators of employee well-being and satisfaction. In particular, we are looking at the conditions
organizations should implement in order to make team working effective, including HR-practices such as training and
support for team working.
3) The effects of equal or unequal group status, and competition or cooperation, on intergroup decision making
effectiveness (with Daan van Knippenberg, Wendy van Ginkel, and Anne Nederven-Pieterse)
This project is an experimental study with student groups that we jointly conducted at Erasmus University in the
Netherlands. We examined in particular the combined effects that competition or cooperation with respect to a
monetary bonus has on the effectiveness with which students performed on a simulated organizational decision making
task that we developed. Subject to whether groups found themselves in a numerical minority/majority, or had equal
group sizes, we expect different dynamics resulting in varying degrees of effectiveness. We are in particular interested
in identifying the strategies by which minority group members can influence the quality of joint decisions making.
4) The relationship between intergroup competition and longitudinal change in group effectiveness (with Michael
West, Claudia Sacramento, and Giles Hirst)
This study was conducted with almost 300 health care professionals working in 5 health care organizations throughout
the UK, where data was collected over a period of 10 months. In this paper we examine whether competition between
groups is good or bad for team performance. Further, we are looking at how health care teams can best manage
competitive relationships with other teams, in order to maximize their own team’s performance. A special focus is put
on the importance of interpersonal relationships and negotiation strategies between teams for maximizing team
effectiveness.
PUBLICATIONS, CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS, AND WORKING PAPERS
1) Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Richter, A. W., West, M. A., van Dick, R., & Dawson, J. F. (2006). Boundary spanners’ identification, intergroup
contact and effective intergroup relations. Academy of Management Journal, 49(6), 1252-1269.
Dawson, J. F., & Richter, A. W. (2006). Probing three-way interactions in moderated multiple regression analysis:
Development and application of a slope difference test. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91(4), 917-926.
Richter, A. W., Scully, J., & West, M. A. (2005). Intergroup conflict and intergroup effectiveness in organizations:
Theory and scale development. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 14(2), 177-203.
Hirst, G., Mann, L., Bain, P., Pirola-Merlo, A., & Richter, A. (2004). Learning to lead: The development and testing of
a model of leadership learning. The Leadership Quarterly, 15, 311-327.
West, M. A., Brodbeck, F. C., & Richter, A. W. (2004). Does the “Romance of Teams” exist? The effectiveness of
teams in experimental and field settings (Commentary). Journal of Occupational and Organizational
Psychology, 77, 467-473.
West, M. A., Hirst, G., Richter, A., & Shipton, H. (2004). 12 steps to heaven: Successfully managing change through
developing innovative teams. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 13(2), 269-299.
2) Book Chapters, Working Papers, and Other
Richter, A. W., Sacramento, C. A., & West, M. A. (forthcoming). Dissent within and among groups in organizations:
Lessons for group empowerment and organizational innovation. To appear in M. Hewstone & R. Martin (eds.),
Minority Influence.
Richter, A. W., & West, M. A. (forthcoming). Intergroup conflict. To appear in S. Clegg & J. R. Bailey (eds.),
International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies.
West, M. A., & Richter, A. W. (forthcoming). Climates and cultures for innovation and creativity at work. To appear
in Jing Zhou & Christina Shalley (Eds.), Handbook of Organizational Creativity.
West, M. A., & Richter, A. W. (forthcoming). Team Performance. To appear in S. Clegg & J. R. Bailey (eds.),
International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies.
Matthiesen, J. & Richter, A. W. (2007). Gaining access to organizations – Foot in the door or door in the face? The
Psychologist, 20 (3), 144-147.
West, M. A., Borrill, C. S., Carter, M., Scully, J., Dawson, J. F., & Richter, A. W. (2005). Working together: Staff
involvement and organisational performance in the NHS. Final report. Work & Organisational Psychology
Group, University of Aston, Birmingham, UK.
Richter, A. W., van Dick, R., & West, M. A. (2004). Group and organizational identification and effective intergroup
relations. Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management, New Orleans: USA (awarded best student
paper division Conflict Management).
Van Dick, R., Hirst, G., Grojean, M., & Richter, A. W. (2004). A view from the top: Relationships between leaders’
and followers’ self-concepts and implications for followers’ attitudes and behavior (Working Paper RP 0420).
Birmingham, UK: Aston Business School.
3) Conference Presentations
Richter, A. W., Dawson, J. F., & West, M. A. (2007). The Effectiveness of Teams in Organizations: A Meta-Analysis.
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA.
Richter, A. W., van Knippenberg, D., & West, M. A. (2007). Intergroup effectiveness in organizations: Toward a
research agenda. Paper presented at the XIIIth European Conference of Work and Organizational Psychology,
Stockholm, Sweden.
Richter, A. W., West, M. A., Sacramento, C. A., & Hirst, G. (2006). Intergroup competition and longitudinal change
in group effectiveness. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the British Academy of Management, Belfast,
Ireland.
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Borrill, C. S., & Richter, A. W. (2005) Does team development training work? A comparative study. Paper presented at
the Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.
Dawson, J., & Richter, A. W. (2005). A significance test of slope differences for three-way interactions. Poster
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles,
CA.
Richter, A. W., West, M. A., Sacramento, C. A., & Hirst, G. (2005). The relationship between intergroup competition
and longitudinal change in group effectiveness. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of
Management, Honolulu, HA.
Richter, A. W., West, M. A., Sacramento, C. A., & Hirst, G. (2005). The effect of intergroup conflict on group
performance: The role of organizational identification and negotiation style. Poster presented at the XIIth
European Conference of Work and Organizational Psychology, Istanbul, Turkey.
Van Dick, R., Hirst, G., Grojean, M. W., & Richter, A. W. (2005) A view from the top: Relationships between leader
and follower self-concepts and implications for followers’ attitudes and behavior. Poster presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.
Richter, A. W., van Dick, R., & West, M. A. (2004). The relationship between group and organizational identification
and effective intergroup relations. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management,
New Orleans, LA (awarded best student paper division Conflict Management).
Richter, A. W. (2003). Towards theory driven criteria of intergroup effectiveness. Poster presented at the “Tagung für
Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie” (Annual Conference of the German Society of Work and
Organizational Psychology).
Richter, A. W. (2003). The effect of intergroup conflict on intergroup effectiveness. Poster presented at the XIth
European Conference of Work and Organizational Psychology, Lisbon, Portugal.
4) Papers In Preparation
Hirst, G., Richter, A. W., van Knippenberg, D., & Baer, M. (in preparation). A cross-level investigation of the
relationship between creative self-efficacy and individual creativity: The moderating influence of supportive
leadership and team learning behaviour.
Richter, A. W., Dawson, J. F., & West, M. A. (in preparation). The effectiveness of organizational teams: A metaanalysis.
Richter, A. W., van Knippenberg, D., & Van Ginkel, W., & Nederven, A. (in preparation). The effects of relative group
status and interdependence on the quality of intergroup decision making.
Richter, A. W., van Knippenberg, D., & Hirst, G. (in preparation). Predicting Effective Intergroup Relations: A Social
Network Perspective.
Richter, A. W., van Knippenberg, D., & West, M. A. (in preparation). Intergroup effectiveness in organizations:
Toward a research agenda.
Richter, A. W., West, M. A., Sacramento, C. A., & Hirst, G. (in preparation). The relationship between intergroup
competition and longitudinal change in group effectiveness.
West, M. A., Erez, M., & Richter, A. W. (in preparation). Team based working and organizational effectiveness.
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