Systematic Review of Team Building Interventions
Author
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2019
Submitted on
2019-05-30
Pages
83
Abstract
In this paper I conduct a systematic review of team building interventions in order to answer how team building can help teams become more effective. The search was conducted on PsychInfo, EbscoHost and Scopus, and it returned 296 hits of which 56 was read in full length. Overall 19 studies were included in this review. The synthesis reveal that the overall designs span various combinations of diagnosis, goal-setting, role clarification, interpersonal relations, problem solving and implementation. Each of these can be implemented in many different ways and combined in multiple combinations with other elements. Turning to effectiveness it is defined as comprising performance, attitudinal and behavioral outcomes. It was found that teams can become more effective in terms of attitudinal outcomes, but mixed results are indicated for behavioral and performance outcomes. Additionally, mixed results were found for long-term outcomes, which indicate that teams not necessarily become more effective in the long run by participating in team building.
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