present study tested a model consisting work ability as dependent variable and leadership effectiveness and perceived organizational support as independent variable, with job satisfaction as its mediator. data were gathered from a sample of 330 employees of an industrial organization in iran, who were selected by stratified random sampling method. of this sample, 72 percent were men and average...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between conflict type (task, relation), conflict management approach (cooperative, competitive) and team effectiveness of iranian super league volleyball clubs. the sample consisted of all players and coaches of 13 teams from 16th tournament of super league volleyball clubs in 2007 were selected. jhen conflict type questionnaire, tjo...

Accurately assessing team performance is required by team directors in order to improve the likelihood of achieving team goals. Unfortunately, there are no generally accepted and broadly useful methods for assessing team performance. This paper takes preliminary steps towards developing general criteria for such an assessment by suggesting how team performance of agents can be measured. These m...

Previous research suggests that an eventual information technology (IT) success depend on both its initial adoption (acceptance) and subsequent continued usage (continuance). Expectancy disconfirmation theory (EDT) has been successfully used to predict users intention to continue using information technologies. This study proposed a decomposed EDT model to examine cognitive beliefs and affect t...

BACKGROUND There is strong public support for acute hospital services to move to genuine 7-day models, including access to multidisciplinary team assessment. This study aimed to identify factors that might enable an effective and cost-effective weekend allied health services on acute hospital wards. METHODS This qualitative study included 22 focus groups within acute wards with a weekend alli...

Background. The study aims to determine position-specific loads by different tactical strategies. Eighty Turkish Super League U21 players (19.35 ± 1.6 years, 179.4 ± 2.3 cm, 75.6 ± 4.1 kg; M ± SD) were involved in this study. Objectives. The players completed eight different 11v11 training games. While one team practiced the ball possession and “defense as a team” strategy, the other team impl...

Collaboration environments impose high demands on humans and artificial systems. Especially during critical tasks team members, including humans, artificial systems and other (sub-) teams, require support to guarantee their continued effectiveness. Effectiveness of individuals and teams is an important ingredient for organizational effectiveness, managerial decision quality, as well as for main...

26 The present manuscript extends previous research on the reciprocal relation between 27 team confidence and perceived team performance in two ways. First, we distinguished 28 between two types of team confidence; process-oriented collective efficacy and outcome29 oriented team outcome confidence. Second, we assessed both types not only before and after 30 the game, but for the first time also...

Women have been shown to be effective leaders in many team-based situations. However, it is also well-recognized that women are underrepresented in engineering and technology areas, which leads to wasted efforts and a lack of diversity in professional organizations. Although studies about gender and leadership are rich, research focusing on engineering-specific activities, are scarce. To react ...

As the non-playable characters (NPCs) of squad-based shooter computer games share a common goal, they should work together in teams and display cooperative behaviours that are tactically sound. Our research examines genetic programming (GP) as a technique to automatically develop effective team behaviours for shooter games. GP has been used to evolve teams capable of defeating a single powerful...