A student teamwork induction protocol
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4096816 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caroline Kamau (0000-0001-6968-0161, Birkbeck, University of London, corresponding author), Abigail Spong (Birkbeck, University of London) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1273-1290 |
| Publication date | 2015-08-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075079.2013.879468 |
| OpenAlex | W2037283839 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 55 |
Faulty group processes have harmful effects on performance but there is little research about intervention protocols to pre-empt them in HE. This naturalistic experiment compared a control cohort with an inducted cohort. The inducted cohort attended a workshop, consultations, elected a leader and used tools (a group log and group contract) designed to minimize social loafing, optimize coordination (by boosting good information sampling) and orient group dynamics towards the task. In the absence of inductions, a faulty system of processes was in play and this had a significant impact on group performance. In contrast, the inductions created a buffer. Structural equation modeling showed that the intervention made both group cohesion and conflict beneficial to group performance. The induction protocols enhanced students’ individual accountability, a sense of unique responsibility and dissent during group decision-making (which improved its quality). The implication is that inductions help optimize the processes within student teamwork
Accountability · Cohort · Dissent · Group cohesiveness · Higher education · Incentive · Management · Microeconomics · Political science · Social loafing · Structural equation modeling · Teamwork · Applied Psychology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Computer Science · Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods · Psychology · Social Psychology · Team Dynamics and Performance
Decision making
Psychological collectivism
The Social Identity Perspective
Group projects
Social loafing
Collectivistic orientation in teams
Friendship and group identification
Equity in effort
The power motive as an influence on group decision making
Assessing political group dynamics
Group decision making by experts
Motivated information processing and group decision-making
The impact of individualist and collectivist group norms on evaluations of dissenting group members
Improving the undergraduate lecture class by use of student-led discussion groups
Discussion of shared and unshared information in decision-making groups
Pooling of unshared information in group decision making
A directive leadership style in group decision making can be both virtue and vice
Biased information search in group decision making
Threat, cohesion, and group effectiveness
What's wrong with cross-cultural comparisons of subjective Likert scales
Many hands make light the work
Information pooling
Psychological entrapment in group decision making
Quality of decision making and group norms
Does culture influence what and how we think? Effects of priming individualism and collectivism
Fiedler's Contingency Theory of Leadership
Beyond fiasco
Assessing the Validity of Self Construal Scales
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |