We ran a field experiment to investigate whether individual performance in teams depends on the gender of leader. About 430 students from an Italian University took intermediate exam that was partly evaluated basis teamwork. Students were randomly matched three and each team we chose leader with task coordinating work team. find positive significant effect female leadership performance. This is...

The increasingly complex needs of patients with cancer and their families call for a multidisciplinary team to achieve optimal patient outcomes. The purpose of the current article is to describe a teamwork model that can be used to address the needs of patients and the challenges associated with a healthcare system. The teamwork model was developed to address the mechanism needed to establish a...

Teamwork is the cornerstone of rehabilitation medicine. Rehabilitation workers in European countries are well educated in their own disciplines and attain appropriate professional knowledge; however, they lack educational opportunities for acquiring skills and attitudes necessary for effective teamwork, mainly communication, cooperation, and leadership. Consequently, teamwork is compromised and...