Exploring Failure Orientation : Its Mediating Role in Multidisciplinary Teams of the Petroleum Industry
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https://doi.org/10.17010/pijom/2022/v15i12/172599Keywords:
Failure Orientation
, Escapism, Blame Game, Collective Analysis.JEL Classification Codes
, J24, J82, L14, M12, O15Paper Submission Date
, July 30, 2021, Paper sent back for Revision, August 14, 2022, Paper Acceptance Date, October 15, Paper Published Online, December 15, 2022Abstract
Several factors that affect team effectiveness are listed in the literature on teams. This paper identified a new construct, “failure orientation,” which measured the collective capacity of a team to cope, learn, and develop from team failures. Qualitative research identified some interesting features of the “failure orientation” concept and its mediating role in teams’ input-mediator-output-input (I-M-O-I) model. The context was set in the Indian upstream petroleum industry, where failures are quite normal in oil-field operations. Learnings from such failures helped teams move forward to success in finding and producing crude oil and natural gas. The research methodology of conducting in-depth interviews of senior team leads and team members in two Indian public sector petroleum exploration companies was 80% of the industry activity. The findings enabled the development of a conceptual framework of failure orientation, which is a vital determinant of team effectiveness. The paper identified three categories (factors) of failure orientation for operationalizing this new construct: failure orientation in such multidisciplinary teams, that is, escapism, blame game, and collective analysis. The paper also positioned these as mediators in the I-M-O-I model of teams. Operationalization of the new construct would help practicing managers deal with teams encountering failures, which are frequent in this economically-vital petroleum industry. Further research with factor analysis could enrich the team literature significantly.Downloads
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