Hi,
I'm a master's student and I'm studying software development teams as my thesis. My research is quantitative and I need to measure my variables which are social/Organizational Behavior concepts. One of my four variables is team effectiveness. I have determined means of measuring other variables but so far I had no luck finding a suitable method by reviewing the literature. I'm using a structured questionnaire as my method of data gathering, so for each variable, I have included questions from a previously accepted and well-cited research. As for team effectiveness, I've also been looking for a survey-based scale that suits a software development team which is a knowledge work team, and is also usable for a mass variety of teams as I'm going to need to gather data for more than 40 different and probably diverse teams across my country.
It might be because I'm not searching correctly or enough, however, I'll be more than happy if anyone could recommend anything to me.
Thanks a lot
Hi Ashkan
There are many validated scales related to effectiveness. Actualy, team effectiveness is often measured based on multiple sub scales, i.e. see the paper of Tekleab et al. (2009).
Part of team effectiveness is Team performance. A well accepted scale for team performance is the one of Van der Vegt & Bunderson (2005).
https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/50346401/170.full.pdf?1479291822=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DA_longitudinal_study_of_team_conflict_co.pdf&Expires=1623617963&Signature=ZcKp5kaHH~HeGXKyUJjzPJITCVgpb6Bjctlm3Jk~DCzoQVFys~qiEZDnR6EduKXko9O9UO-9Bd8MzrSSRQb2naCiDG-BCoPK~Q-6F~RDf9jfyynE3wwSujcpvajPWwfj9R1S3gPgg3I5V9E11sucTz8rmMrKKh3aNkMdKxtGd6A7IeZhxr4iJmclU42kIClSoLXGhvWphn8vIRtRluIcHcogNrZUZlEzrYkkt~50Cb~oQJ2ErXhaA0xPnVZCFqusjydNou1HscAdJ24YyEpt~mqvkP8cIH7SsSK6Rz6MXu0qRXyu7sauLHT6HjX12goaTzvqjgSxBmwe78-H0F4cBw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA
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It depends what you define as 'effectiveness' in 'your' study. Effectiveness differs in each persons study or research. For example, does team effectiveness to you mean good team communication, team productivity, team motivation, team cohesion, number of projects/tasks completed etc etc. Once you define this, questions become easier to formulate. Be creative.
Stewart, G. L., & Barrick, M. R. (2000). Team structure and performance: Assessing the mediating role of intrateam process and the moderating role of task type. Academy of Management Journal, 43(2), 135-148.
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