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  • 1.  Team Cohesiveness

    Posted 07-11-2009 21:08
    Hi,

    I friend of mine at Best Buy is requesting help for tools to assess team
    cohesiveness.

    Any advice for lit review papers and/or measures that are practitioner
    oriented would be very helpful.

    Thanks,

    /Nic


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    Assistant Professor of Management
    University of Maine
    Maine Business School
    5723 D.P. Corbett Business Building
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  • 2.  Team Cohesiveness

    Posted 07-12-2009 15:38
    Hi,
    I don't know of any practitioner oriented articles on cohesion, but
    this academic piece (citation below) is a really useful initial
    overview of the topic and the ways it has been measured in different
    studies (especially as it relates to team performance).

    Cohesion is a complicated construct because it's generally believed to
    be made up of two separate components: task cohesion and social
    cohesion. Also, there is little agreement in the research about
    whether cohesion is the pre-cursor that leads to beneficial team team
    outcomes, or whether because a team is already doing well that
    cohesion is produced.

    "Group Cohesion and Performance: A Meta-Analysis"
    Charles R. Evans and Kenneth L. Dion
    Small Group Research 1991; 22; 175
    DOI: 10.1177/1046496491222002
    The online version of this article can be found at:
    http://sgr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/22/2/175

    Best,
    Lisa



    On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Niclas Erhardt<niclas.erhardt@maine.edu> wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > I friend of mine at Best Buy is requesting help for tools to assess team
    > cohesiveness.
    >
    > Any advice for lit review papers and/or measures that are practitioner
    > oriented would be very helpful.
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
    > /Nic
    >
    >
    > __________________________________
    > Niclas L. Erhardt PhD
    > Assistant Professor of Management
    > University of Maine
    > Maine Business School
    > 5723 D.P. Corbett Business Building
    > Orono, ME 04469-5723
    > +1207-581-3671
    > Niclas.Erhardt@Maine.edu
    > http://www.umaine.edu/business/faculty/erhardt.htm
    >


  • 3.  Team Cohesiveness

    Posted 07-12-2009 16:51

    Hi Nic,

    For a meta-analysis connecting cohesion and performance, see Beal et al (2003). A recent review was done by

    Casey-Campbell & Martens (2009), and a scale to measure the construct can be found in Dobbins & Zaccaro

    (1986). Hope this helps, all the best,

    Dan

     

    Beal, D. J., Cohen, R. R., Burke, M. J., & McLendon, C. L. (2003). Cohesion and Performance in Groups: A Meta-Analytic Clarification of Construct Relations. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88(6), 989.

    Casey-Campbell, M., & Martens, M. L. (2009). Sticking it all together: A critical assessment of the group cohesion - performance literature, International Journal of Management Reviews (Vol. 11, pp. 223-246).

    Dobbins, G. H., & Zaccaro, S. J. (1986). The effect of group cohesion and leader behavior on subordinate satisfaction. Group & Organization Studies, 11, 203-219.

     
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    Hi,   I friend of mine at Best Buy is requesting help for tools to assess team cohesiveness.   Any advice for lit review papers and/or measures that are practitioner oriented would be very helpful.   Thanks,  /Nic   __________________________________ Niclas L. Erhardt PhD Assistant Professor of Management University of Maine  Maine Business School 5723 D.P. Corbett Business Building Orono, ME 04469-5723  +1207-581-3671 Niclas.Erhardt@Maine.edu http://www.umaine.edu/business/faculty/erhardt.htm