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Team Structure and Regulatory Focus: The Impact of Regulatory Fit on Team Dynamic
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Dimotakis, Nikolaos; Davison, Robert B.; Hollenbeck, John R. – Journal of Applied Psychology, 2012
We report a within-teams experiment testing the effects of fit between team structure and regulatory task demands on task performance and satisfaction through average team member positive affect and helping behaviors. We used a completely crossed repeated-observations design in which 21 teams enacted 2 tasks with different regulatory focus…
Descriptors: Prevention, Leadership Training, Experiments, Task Analysis
Using Teaching Teams to Encourage Active Learning
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Gueldenzoph, Lisa E. – Business Communication Quarterly, 2007
This article discusses the use of teaching teams to encourage active learning in a business communication class. The author offers examples of short activities that can be used to help create an active learning environment. Some of these favorite activities include homework reviews, the value line, 3-2-1 processor, and muddiest point. In each of…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Writing (Composition)
Trust and Collaboration in "Zero-History" Administrative Teams.
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Dee, Jay R.; Dole, Susan; Phair, Charles; Shay, Pat – 2002
Traditions of shared governance and the complexity of problems faced by colleges and universities suggest the need for effective collective action. This study examined leadership teams in two sites: a new 2-year public institution formed by merger and a new 4-year private institution. Research hypotheses were developed from the perspective of…
Descriptors: College Administration, Cooperation, Governance, Group Structure
Course Teams: Myth and Actuality.
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Crick, Malcolm – Distance Education, 1980
Argues for the development of group intervention techniques to improve the efficacy of course teams in the preparation of distance education materials, reviews recent commentaries on course teams and discusses related issues, and conludes with recommendations to enrich the quality of course team life and output. (Author/EAO)
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Extension Education, Foreign Countries, Group Dynamics
Team Building: A Structured Learning Approach.
Mears, Peter; Voehl, Frank – 1994
This book is a learner's manual for a course on how to develop empowered teams for higher education management, how to function effectively as a team member, and how to objectively evaluate one's impact on the team. Taking a hands-on approach to learning about quality, the course introduces quality principles, asks students to apply these in a…
Descriptors: College Administration, Cooperative Learning, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics
Creating the Plural Self: Athletic Teams' Use of Members' Bodies.
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Pillsbury, Gerald – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 1996
Employs observations and interviews to explore ways four basketball teams used players' bodies to create a plural self, transforming individuals into interconnected, deindividualized members. Raises the possibility that for many athletes this temporarily realized plural self continues as a possible self and invites the development of certain…
Descriptors: Athletics, Basketball, Elementary Secondary Education, Extracurricular Activities
Using Group-Based Learning in Higher Education. Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Series.
Thorley, Lin, Ed.; Gregory, Roy, Ed. – 1994
The 26 papers in this collection from a British conference first provide an overview of group-based learning in higher education, offer a range of examples, and identify issues and trends. Chapters include: (1) "Introduction" (Roy Gregory and Lin Thorley); (2) "An Overview from Higher Education" (Diana M. R. Tribe); (3)…
Descriptors: Accounting, Administrator Education, Aerospace Technology, Business Administration Education