本研究之目的在了解兩人合作時，團隊成員與夥伴之A/B類行為、能力差異知覺對於團隊工作表現、合作滿意及情緒的影響。本研究採實驗室實驗法，以131名大學女生為實驗對象，兩人一組，所需完成之作業為一電腦判斷任務。

本研究的結果乃根據2（個體之行為組型：A/B）X 2（夥伴之行為組型：A/B）X 2（能力差異知覺：佳/差）三因子變異數分析而來。在團隊工作表現方面，「個體之A/B類行為」的主要效果顯示，A類行為者的團隊工作表現，與B類行為者並沒有差異。「個體之A/B類行為」與「能力差異知覺」的交互作用顯示能力差異知覺對B類行為者的影響較A類行為者大；在被告知其能力較差時，B類行為者的團隊工作表現較A類行為者佳，而在被告知其能力較佳時，其團隊工作表現則較A類行為者差。另外，「個體之A/B類行為」、「夥伴之A/B類行為」及「能力差異知覺」的三因子交互作用達顯著，A類行為者在「知覺能力較差」且「夥伴為A類行為者」時，團隊工作表現最差。

在合作滿意方面，「個體之A/B類行為」的主要效果顯示，兩者的合作滿意度沒有差異；而「夥伴之A/B行為」的主要效果達顯著，表示不論本身為A類或B類行為者，與A類行為者合作的滿意度較低於與B類行為者合作。

在情緒部分，「個體之A/B類行為」的主要效果顯示A類行為者的情緒較B類行為者為負向，較容易焦慮；此外，「個體之A/B類行為」、「夥伴之A/B類行為」與「能力差異知覺」的三因子交互作用達顯著，當A類行為者被告知能力較差時，A類行為者與A類夥伴合作時，其情緒最為負向。

本研究最後針對所有的研究結果作整合性的討論，並依實驗所得的結果，提出可能的貢獻、限制、對未來研究的建議及工商實務上的應用。

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