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...

Claims about the positive influence of emotional intelligence (EI) on work team performance are very numerous, both in commercial and scientific literature. However, despite the huge interest that media and business consultants put in EI and its fast-growing use in organizations, there is very little empirical evidence to support these claims. In this study, we investigated the relationships be...

Leadership positions are still stereotyped as masculine, especially in male-dominated fields (e.g., engineering). So how do gender stereotypes affect the evaluation of leaders and team cohesiveness in the process of team development? In our study participants worked in 45 small teams (4-5 members). Each team was headed by either a female or male leader, so that 45 leaders (33% women) supervised...

This paper starts by mapping out the ways in which new private housebuilding may impinge on two of the key themes of contemporary urban policy, economic competitiveness and social cohesion. It then examines aspects of this relationship in more depth, drawing on evidence from the ESRC Cities programme Integrative Cities Study of Central Scotland. First, it considers the choice between higher den...