Teams train by practicing basic interaction skills in order to develop a shared mental model between team members. A computer-based training system must have a model of teamwork to train a new team member to act as part of a team. This model of teamwork can be used to identify weaknesses in team interaction skills in the trainee. Existing multi-agent models for teamwork are limited in their abi...

The purpose of this pilot case study was to answer the following research questions: How do previous experiences affect students’ attitudes toward online teamwork? When do students’ attitudes toward online teamwork first develop and why? Using a social constructivist framework, a qualitative case study design was utilized to conduct an online open-ended survey and online focus group in one onli...

This study evaluated the utility of generic teamwork skills training for enhancing the effectiveness of action teams. Results from 65 four-person action teams working on an interdependent command and control simulator revealed that generic teamwork skills training had a significant and positive impact on both cognitive and skill-based outcomes. Trained team members evidenced higher levels of de...

Common wisdom says that the greater the level of teamwork, the higher the performance of the team. In teams of cooperative autonomous agents, working together rather than independently can increase the team reward. However, recent results show that in uncertain environments, increasing the level of teamwork can actually decrease overall performance. Coined the team uncertainty penalty, this phe...

This paper compliments Hackman‟s (2002) work on the critical conditions for effecting „self-regulated‟ teamwork with an understanding of team psychology. Assuming various structural pre-requisites, we propose that effective teamwork is generated by a social self-identification process, upon which there are „emergent states‟ across affective (commitment, cohesion), motivational (drive to secure ...

A highly productive team throughout an agile software development process is very instrumental in achieving project success. This research presents a system dynamics (SD) based approach to model agile software development teamwork productivity by analyzing productivity influence factors. Identification of main factors influencing productivity and how they impact agile teamwork are carried out t...

INTRODUCTION Teamwork between healthcare providers is conditional for the delivery of integrated care. This study aimed to assess the usefulness of the conceptual framework Integrated Team Effectiveness Model for developing and testing of the Integrated Team Effectiveness Instrument. THEORY AND METHODS Focus groups with healthcare providers in an integrated care setting for people with chroni...

Teamwork is a central tenet of agile software development but various teamwork theories only partially explain teamwork in that context. Big Five teamwork theory is one of the most influential teamwork theories, but prior research shows that the team leadership concept in this theory it is not applicable to agile software development. This paper applies an adapted form of Big Five teamwork theo...