Attitude toward teamwork and effective teaming

Ulloa, Bianey Cristina Ruiz; Adams, Stephanie G.

doi:10.1108/13527590410569869

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“…Attitudes toward teamwork can be defined as how agreeable a person is to work in any team [7]. To measure the overall attitude toward teamwork, the following four questions given in [8] were used (Cronbach's α = 0.73):…”

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Teamwork attitude, interest, and self-efficacy: Their implications for teaching teamwork skills to engineering students

Konak

Kulturel-Konak

Kremer

et al. 2015

2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)

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The complex and multidisciplinary nature of today's engineering problems demands that new graduates excel in not only technical knowledge but also teamwork skills. In fact, the lack of effective teamwork has been identified among the most important factors contributing to the high failure rate of complex engineering projects. In this paper, we focus on engineering students' attitudes toward teamwork, their selfefficacy and interest in teamwork knowledge, skills, and abilities. Self-efficacy in a domain is an important construct that can predict whether or not someone is willing to undertake a challenge in that domain. Research suggests that the sufficient level of selfefficacy can encourage personal growth and skill development. The relevant research also points out that interest is a construct that can predict students' professional development in a domain. For example, as someone becomes an expert in a domain, his/her interest in the domain becomes individual, which means there is a long-term personal connection resulting in further exploration of the domain. In this paper, we postulate that the development of students in teamwork knowledge, skills and abilities can be tracked by the progress in their teamwork interest. In addition, we argue that interest development should be measured as a part of the assessment efforts to evaluate the professional skills development of students. We have developed and validated an instrument to measure teamwork efficacy and interest. The instrument was used to collect data in a geographically distributed university. The collected data were analyzed to identify the factors affecting students' attitudes toward interest and self-efficacy in teamwork as well as their relationships. The preliminary results indicated that students had a high level of self-efficacy and a low level of interest, which makes it challenging to improve students' teamwork skills.

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Teamwork attitude, interest, and self-efficacy: Their implications for teaching teamwork skills to engineering students

Konak

Kulturel-Konak

Kremer

et al. 2015

2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)

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“…It is the internal state that influences individual's choices of personal action, or a response tendency towards the change (Bianey, et al, 2004). It is the certain regularities of an individual's feelings, thoughts and predispositions to act towards some aspect of his or her environment (Visagie, 2010).…”

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Assessing Employee Attitudes towards Organizational Commitment and Change: The Case of King Faisal Hospital in Al-Taif Governorate, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Nafei¹

2014

JMS

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This study investigates the attitudes of employees toward organizational commitment and change. It was conducted at King Faisal Hospital in Al-Taif Governorate, KSA. It is the first empirical work in the field of Human Resources Management aiming at analyzing the attitudes of employees toward organizational commitment and change.The study tackles the linkage between employees' attitudes towards organizational commitment and change which is one of the most significant constructs in organizational behavior.The present study investigates the evaluative attitudes of the employees towards organizational commitment and change. It will also illustrate the relationship between organizational commitment and change. Three groups of employees were examined. Of the 350 questionnaires that were distributed, 295 usable questionnaires were returned, a response rate of 84%.The finding reveals that there are differences among the three groups of employees regarding their evaluative attitudes towards organizational commitment and change. Also, this study showed that there is an association between organizational commitment and change. Organizational commitment is one of the important elements that have impact on organizational change. It plays an important role in employee's acceptance of change. It will result in willingness to accept organizational change. In sum, employees with high organizational commitment are more willing to exert more effort in a change project. Therefore, it is more likely to develop positive attitudes towards organizational change. Finally, the implications of this study are discussed.

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“…Similar results were obtained by Pineda and Lerner (2006), where the perception of the achievement of an assumed aim and perception of personal development through teamwork are connected with the good preparation for teamwork (definition of the aim, division of roles, accountability) and the progress of work (progress monitoring, work coordination). The important role of preparations of teamwork in the achievement of positive effects of the work has also been identified by Riuz Ulloa and Adams (2004).…”

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“…Students' experiences and feelings gathered while running a group project are much more important (i.e. Pfaff and Huddleston, 2003;Ruiz Ulloa and Adams, 2004;Hillyard, Gillespie and Littig, 2010).…”

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Students’ Team Project Experiences and Their Attitudes Towards Teamwork

Rudawska

2017

JMBACE

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Purpose: The aim of the study is to evaluate the influence of team project experiences of students (presence and role of a leader; fairness in team projects; conditions supporting teamwork created by a university) on their attitudes towards teamwork, especially the perception of teamwork effec tiveness and the preference of working in teams. Methodology:In the study the quantitative research was done among master degree Polish students of Management (105 questionnaires). The measures used for the study were developed specifically for the study referring to the previous research in the field. Findings:Results indicate that leaders in team projects and conditions supporting teamwork are connected with the students' perception of teamwork effectiveness, while the fairness in team projects is connected with students' preference of working collectively. Research implications:We conclude that in order to develop a positive attitude towards teamwork, the teamwork projects should be better supported by the instructors (especially supporting the emergence of leader(s) and minimising the problem of free riders) and the university should create a climate that facilitates teamworking, otherwise team projects might negatively influence students' attitude towards collective work.Value: On the labour market the teamwork skills are one of the most important skills of employees, as the team-based organizational designs are becoming the norm in work organization. The study is contributing to the understanding of the relations between student experiences and their attitudes as well as the role played by high education in the development of these attitudes. Some previous research in Anglo-Saxon culture countries indicate that team project assignments realised by students during studies might even hinder their attitudes to teamwork and their willingness to work in teams in the future.

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Attitude toward teamwork and effective teaming

Cited by 82 publications

References 16 publications

Teamwork attitude, interest, and self-efficacy: Their implications for teaching teamwork skills to engineering students

Teamwork attitude, interest, and self-efficacy: Their implications for teaching teamwork skills to engineering students

Assessing Employee Attitudes towards Organizational Commitment and Change: The Case of King Faisal Hospital in Al-Taif Governorate, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Students’ Team Project Experiences and Their Attitudes Towards Teamwork

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