The paper by Torrente, Salanova, and Llorens (2013) focuses also
on work engagement, but in this case at team level. Based on the emotional contagion theory, their study explores whether similarity
of team members in terms of gender and company tenure is related
to teamwork engagement. Results of analyses among 161 teams
showed that teamwork engagement was positively related to gender
similarity. Further, and contrary to the initial hypothesis, analyses
also revealed that teamwork engagement was negatively associated
with similarity in terms of company tenure. Taken together, these
findings constitute one of the first attempts to explore the influence
of team composition on engagement.