Team Dynamics Over Time

Team Dynamics Over Time
Author: Eduardo Salas
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2017-08-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1786354039

This volume focuses on the temporal adaptations of teams. An increase in the use of teams has led to more team research throughout the fields of cognitive science, human factors, organizational psychology, and behavioral science. This book serves as a resource to researchers who study teams, managers who lead teams, and those who work in teams.

Team Dynamics Over Time

Team Dynamics Over Time
Author: Eduardo Salas
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2017-08-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1787148955

This volume focuses on the temporal adaptations of teams. An increase in the use of teams has led to more team research throughout the fields of cognitive science, human factors, organizational psychology, and behavioral science. This book serves as a resource to researchers who study teams, managers who lead teams, and those who work in teams.

Group Dynamics for Teams

Group Dynamics for Teams
Author: Daniel Levi
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2015-12-15
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1483378365

Incorporating the latest research throughout, Daniel Levi’s Fifth Edition of Group Dynamics for Teams explains the basic psychological concepts of group dynamics, focusing on their application with teams in the workplace. Grounded in psychology research and a practical focus on organizational behavior issues, this engaging book helps readers understand and more effectively participate in teams.

Team Cohesion

Team Cohesion
Author: Eduardo Salas
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2015-11-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1785602829

Research on Managing Groups and Teams provides a forum for truly novel ideas and emerging lines of inquiry across many group-related topics.

Enhancing the Effectiveness of Team Science

Enhancing the Effectiveness of Team Science
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2015-07-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0309316855

The past half-century has witnessed a dramatic increase in the scale and complexity of scientific research. The growing scale of science has been accompanied by a shift toward collaborative research, referred to as "team science." Scientific research is increasingly conducted by small teams and larger groups rather than individual investigators, but the challenges of collaboration can slow these teams' progress in achieving their scientific goals. How does a team-based approach work, and how can universities and research institutions support teams? Enhancing the Effectiveness of Team Science synthesizes and integrates the available research to provide guidance on assembling the science team; leadership, education and professional development for science teams and groups. It also examines institutional and organizational structures and policies to support science teams and identifies areas where further research is needed to help science teams and groups achieve their scientific and translational goals. This report offers major public policy recommendations for science research agencies and policymakers, as well as recommendations for individual scientists, disciplinary associations, and research universities. Enhancing the Effectiveness of Team Science will be of interest to university research administrators, team science leaders, science faculty, and graduate and postdoctoral students.

Group Dynamics and Team Interventions

Group Dynamics and Team Interventions
Author: Timothy M. Franz
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2012-05-21
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1405186771

Organizations thrive or struggle as a result of interactions among team members. To optimize the performance of teams, Group Dynamics and Team Interventions bridges the gap between the most up-to-date academic research findings about group behavior and real-life practice. Chapters summarize the theories behind group and team behavior while offering proven application and intervention techniques that can be utilized in workplace settings. Topics addressed include team formation and development; understanding culture and team diversity; improving team cohesion, decision making, and problem solving; managing and reducing team conflict; team leadership, power, and influence; and others. Brief case studies and interventions that illustrate each theory help to enhance the clarity of the topics. Group Dynamics and Team Interventions will benefit academics and practitioners alike, who gain from a better understanding of the dynamics that inform team behavior, along with assessment tools and practical intervention techniques to create and maintain a high-performing team.

Supporting the Understanding of Team Dynamics in Agile Software Development Through Computer-Aided Sprint Feedback

Supporting the Understanding of Team Dynamics in Agile Software Development Through Computer-Aided Sprint Feedback
Author: Fabian Kortum
Publisher: Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2022-03-15
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3832554386

While modern project management systems support teams during planning and development activities, primarily through performance-related process information, the equally relevant human factors are often insufficiently considered for explaining team dynamics (e.g., the affect of moods in teams). However, understanding team behavioral patterns are crucial for the accurate planning and steady execution of development tasks throughout an ongoing project. A computer-aided feedback concept is described, unifying interdisciplinary foundations and methods from the software engineering, data science, organizational, and social psychology fields for disclosing team dynamics in agile software projects. The concept covers the systematic capture of sociotechnical data combined with descriptive, predictive, and exploratory model-based methods that support understanding behavioural changes during the development process. Design science from information systems research is used in academic and industrial case studies to conceptualize and operationalize the feedback methods into a practical Jira plugin. A concluding evaluation through an action research method in two industrial software projects results in quantitative and qualitative findings regarding the feedback utilization and utility during agile development processes (e.g., team communication changes related to accomplished performances). The case studies underscore the practical relevance for systematic feedback and the need to better understand human factors in software projects.

The Psychology of Survivor

The Psychology of Survivor
Author: Richard J. Gerrig
Publisher: BenBella Books, Inc.
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2007-07-11
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1933771054

Survivor has proven to be one of the most popular shows to ever hit television screens. What has this pop culture phenomenon shown us — by placing a few hundred people on islands around the world — about the psychological make-up of the average American? In Psychology of Survivor, the third installment of BenBella Books's Psychology of Popular Culture series, leading psychologists — and fans of Survivor — unite to offer up their expertise on the show that started the reality show craze. From why macho alpha males rarely win to stress and body image, from situational ethics to the dreaded Rob Cestaries factor, Psychology of Survivor is a broad look at cutting-edge psychological issues through the lens of Survivor. The tribe has spoken — Psychology of Survivor is the best book for Survivor fans and psychology enthusiasts alike!

Hiring Revolution: A Guide to Disrupt Racism and Sexism in Hiring

Hiring Revolution: A Guide to Disrupt Racism and Sexism in Hiring
Author: Trina Olson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2021-10-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781634894654

Hiring across race, gender identity, ability, and more must be approached with intentionality and care. But how can a company move from believing to doing? Aimed at HR management, executives, and leaders, Hiring Revolution is a compelling guide for how to combat baked-in bias and deal with racism and sexism head on.

The Cambridge Handbook of Group Interaction Analysis

The Cambridge Handbook of Group Interaction Analysis
Author: Elisabeth Brauner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 968
Release: 2018-08-02
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1108655165

This Handbook provides a compendium of research methods that are essential for studying interaction and communication across the behavioral sciences. Focusing on coding of verbal and nonverbal behavior and interaction, the Handbook is organized into five parts. Part I provides an introduction and historic overview of the field. Part II presents areas in which interaction analysis is used, such as relationship research, group research, and nonverbal research. Part III focuses on development, validation, and concrete application of interaction coding schemes. Part IV presents relevant data analysis methods and statistics. Part V contains systematic descriptions of established and novel coding schemes, which allows quick comparison across instruments. Researchers can apply this methodology to their own interaction data and learn how to evaluate and select coding schemes and conduct interaction analysis. This is an essential reference for all who study communication in teams and groups.