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Components of Teamwork: Impact on Evaluations of Contributions to Work Team Effectiveness 1
Author(s) -
Harris Todd C.,
BarnesFarrell Janet L.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1997.tb01620.x
Subject(s) - teamwork , psychology , team effectiveness , perception , team composition , work (physics) , psychological safety , applied psychology , productivity , social psychology , knowledge management , engineering , computer science , management , mechanical engineering , neuroscience , economics , macroeconomics
This study examined the relationship between Dickinson's (1993) components of teamwork and ratings of team members' contributions to team success. Undergraduate students ( n = 179) each viewed 1 of 8 videotapes depicting a team interacting to solve the Winter Survival Problem. Participants then completed a 52‐item questionnaire assessing the connection between teamwork components and perceptions of contributions to team productivity, team viability, teamwork, and overall team performance. With 1 exception, all of the teamwork components manipulated in the study significantly affected appraisals of several aspects of worker effectiveness. Furthermore, raters considered teamwork behaviors that provided direct assistance or direction to team members as being especially critical.