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- Title
Influence of national and engineering culture on team role selection.
- Authors
Ibn-e-Hassan; Talib, Noraini; Riaz, Amjad; Iqbal, Muhammad
- Abstract
Engineering education is an emerging field of research. Due to its applied nature, recent theoretical developments have been followed by empirical evidence and interdisciplinary research. The present study attempted to describe the team roles assumed by members of project teams composed of young engineering students. The study was conducted in Pakistan by using the Belbin Team Role Self Perception Inventory. It was found that young Pakistani engineers assumed the roles of implementer, coordinator, shaper and team worker. This study attempts to understand role choices through the framework of national cultural dimensions proposed by Hofstede and engineering education culture offered by Godfrey and Parker. The study strongly recommends that engineering curriculum should incorporate activities which could foster creativity among engineers. Moreover, engineering students should be motivated to innovate through collaboration in a problem and project based environment, which is seriously lacking in engineering education of Pakistan.
- Subjects
PAKISTAN; ENGINEERING education; ENGINEERING student research; TEAMS; PROBLEM-based learning; GROUP identity; EDUCATION; YOUNG adults; HIGHER education
- Publication
International Journal of Technology & Design Education, 2014, Vol 24, Issue 1, p91
- ISSN
0957-7572
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10798-013-9242-z