Title

Testing three team training strategies in intact teams - A meta-analysis

Authors

Authors

E. Salas; D. R. Nichols;J. E. Driskell

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Small Group Res.

Keywords

team training; team performance; meta-analysis; DECISION-MAKING; COMMUNICATION; PERFORMANCE; IMPACT; Psychology, Applied; Management; Psychology, Social

Abstract

This article describes the results of a meta-analytic integration of the relative contributions of three different components of team training to the efficacy of team training interventions. The three specific components of team training that have received empirical scrutiny in the past are cross-training, team coordination and adaptation training, and guided team self-correction training. The results of this effort show a significant, small-to-moderate tendency for team training to lead to an increase in team performance. This basic beneficial effect of team training was clearly moderated by the degree to which specific components of team training were involved in team training interventions. The results of two different analytic strategies converge to suggest that, at this time, the most potent contribution to effective team training appears to include a focus on coordination and adaptation. This suggests that the optimal team training intervention appears to e requiring that team members learn how to alter their coordination strategies and to reduce the amount of communication necessary for successful team performance.

Journal Title

Small Group Research

Volume

38

Issue/Number

4

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

471

Last Page

488

WOS Identifier

WOS:000248339100001

ISSN

1046-4964

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