Abstract: Helping behavior in teams consists of team member-level helping, interpersonal helping, and team helping. Research and discussions on helping behavior in teams have focused on its positive role among individuals within teams. The dyadic relationship between helpers and help recipients, the mechanism of team-level helping, and effects of varied levels of helping within teams have been absent from such research. A multi-level integrated theoretical model framework for helping behavior in teams is proposed. Furthermore, the emergence and overflow of team helping behavior and the internal psychological mechanism of negative effects could be beneficial for future.

Key words: helping behavior in teams, team helping behavior, social exchange