This paper examined is there an effect of the teacher’s work group activities and motivation partially simultaneously on professional competence? this study a quantitative research design, by testing independent variables dependent variable. We used purposive sampling technique to determine sample. The main sample in implementation were 66 people who came from 5 primary schools Lempuing Jaya Di...

Excerpt] Our objective in this chapter is to provide an integrative perspective on work groups and teams in organizations, one that addresses primary foci of theory and research, highlights applied implications, and identifies key issues in need of research attention and resolution. Given the volume of existing reviews, our review is not intended to be exhaustive. Rather, it uses representative...

Information access and information sharing are two important features in supporting work groups and groupwork. There are a large number of systems proving these functions. However, existing systems often support only few types of terminal devices when users now have a variety of them: WAP phones and terminals, PDA devices, and desktop and portable computers. This paper presents a portal system ...

Trust plays an important role in both group cooperation and economic exchange. As new technologies emerge for communication and exchange, established mechanisms of trust are disrupted or distorted, which can lead to the breakdown of cooperation or to increasing fraud in exchange. This paper examines whether and how personal privacy information about members of distributed work groups influences...

We study the dynamics of a work group whose members value not only compensation, but also having a high status relative to their peers. Compensation takes the form of a fixed salary plus a bonus based on group performance. Status is determined both by contributing to group output and by non-productive, social activities which we call “politics”. Group members allocate their time between working...