creating an effective team environment is vital to succeed. more often than not there’s no opportunity for personality clashes, team members can’t be picky about which clients they prefer to deal with them. the present study is an empirical study consists of 60 samples out of 120 working employees to the tune of 50 per cent of the population. both the primary and secondary data collected using ...

Creating an effective team environment is vital to succeed. More often than not there’s no opportunity for personality clashes, team members can’t be picky about which clients they prefer to deal with them. The present study is an empirical study consists of 60 samples out of 120 working employees to the tune of 50 per cent of the population. Both the Primary and ...

This study defines the construct of team atmosphere and provides a framework within which causes and consequences of team atmosphere in knowledge transfer and creation can be empirically investigated. Data were collected using a survey of 363 individuals of 12 companies who worked in self-managed teams. As predicted, results indicated that a ‘high care’ atmosphere among team members favours bot...

Outsourcing is a prevalent arrangement for leveraging resources and knowledge. However, outsourcing improperly managed can undercut any benefits gained. Outsourcing tends to relate to team atmosphere. This is also true for both task and relationship conflict. As team compositions evolve, tasks become more complex, and inter-company relationships progress, it is increasingly important to underst...

The purpose of this study was to examine the role of moral atmosphere and perceived performance motivational climate on moral functioning of college basketball players and to determine the relationship between moral atmosphere and perceived performance motivational climate. A total of 199 athletes participated in the study. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the interrelationships...

In this study we examine the influence of group atmosphere on perceived team conflict and the development of shared understanding in short duration virtual teams. We conducted a laboratory experiment with 24 short duration virtual teams that were engaged in data model development task. The findings of the study suggest that group atmosphere has strong influence on both development of shared und...

Multi-disciplinary teams are comprised of engineers stemming from many different backgrounds and cultures. Bringing a team together from many different backgrounds creates a cultural divide that may lead to strife among team members. Working for a multi-disciplinary team is a fundamental change in the way the members interact. This requires the presence of a change leader and a team atmosphere ...

In this paper, we present a theoretical model on the relationships among group atmosphere, shared understanding, and perceived task conflict in virtual teams. We validate the theoretical model by analyzing data that was collected in a laboratory experiment on virtual teams. We find that cultural diversity of virtual team adversely affects group atmosphere and group atmosphere has a positive inf...

BACKGROUND The promotion of patient safety and drug safety through promotion of pharmacist's drug safety practice was among the most important aims of China's health delivery system reform, but regional inequity in pharmacist's drug safety practice was still serious in China. METHODS The 2011 national patient safety and medication error baseline survey was carried out for the first time in Ch...

PURPOSE To evaluate the impact of the Downstate Team-Building Initiative (DTBI), a model multicultural and interdisciplinary health care team-building program for health professions students. METHOD A total of 65 students representing seven health disciplines participated in DTBI's first three years (one cohort per year since implementation). During the 18-session curriculum, students self-ev...