Team learning and work team effectiveness: Summary of published studies
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team learning, work team effectiveness, synthesisAbstract
This study analyzes the research that have examined team learning in relation to work team effectiveness in terms of sample, research design, methods of data gathering, and theoretical aspects investigated. This analysis was conducted to reveal potential moderators of the relationship between these two concepts. The results reveal that in the analyzed studies the two concepts were preponderantly examined with project, services and multiple teams and self-report methods. All studies used a cross-sectional design. Most frequently, team learning was studied as a process in terms of learning behaviors and examined in relation to perceived performance as a criterion of work team effectiveness. The studies that have analyzed team learning as a one-dimensional concept suggest its positive relationship with work team effectiveness but those that have measured it as a multidimensional concept provide inconsistent results for this relation.
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