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- Title
Self-directed work groups and team competence.
- Authors
Kauffeld, Simone
- Abstract
The study examines the impact of self-directed group work on team competence. The sample consists of 83 production groups from 20 medium-sized enterprises: 44 self-directed work groups and 39 traditional work groups. Results based on processanalytic behavioural data, collected at the group level of analysis, show that self-directed teams are more competent than traditional work groups on seven out of 12 aspects of competence. Self-directed teams show greater methodological competence, to some extent greater professional and self-competence but no greater social competence when completing optimization tasks. In addition, the work characteristics participation, formal team communication, continuous improvement process, training and team-oriented tasks were related to team competence in the subsample of self-directed work teams.
- Subjects
ORGANIZATIONAL structure; HUMAN behavior; TEAMS in the workplace; GROUP decision making; BUSINESS communication; EMPLOYEE participation in management; PERFORMANCE; SMALL business
- Publication
Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology, 2006, Vol 79, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0963-1798
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1348/096317905X53237