The purpose of this research study is to investigate the effects of group factors on work team outcomes. Specifically the study investigated effects of team membership on group factors and the ability of these group factors to predict organizational and employee outcomes. Subjects for the study included 30 male and 30 female employees, ten from each of three workgroups (programmers, analysts, or testers), chosen from those who volunteered from a local software development company. The hypotheses tested effects of team memberships on group factors of: autonomy, cohesion, diversity, conflict, training, rewards, empowerment, communication, and leadership and the ability of these group factors to predict organizational (increased quantity, quality, and timeliness) and employee (increased well being and work skills) outcomes. This study resulted in the following conclusions: group membership affected group cohesion, diversity, training, rewards, and leadership; group cohesion, diversity, rewards, and leadership predict quantity outcomes; group diversity and leadership predict quality outcomes; group cohesion, diversity, communication, and leadership predict timeliness outcomes; and group rewards predict work skill outcomes.
Introduction to the Problem 1 Background and Statement of the Problem 2 Purpose of the Study 3 Theoretical Orientation 4 Significance of the study 5 Research Questions & Hypotheses 5 Definitions of Terms 8 Limitations of the Study 10
Teamwork in Organizations 11 Work-Team Building 15
Factors Related to Work-Team Success 31
Introduction 41 Design of the Study 41 Sample Population 42 Instrumentation 42 Procedures for Data Collection 43
5 SUMMARY, DISCUSSION, AND CONCLUSIONS 56
Summary 56 Discussion 60 Conclusions 61
5 Regression Analysis: Timeliness 53
6 Regression Analysis: Job Skills 54
7 Regression Analysis: Well Being 55
Perrella (1999) reported that the ...