Psychology 3694F/G Lecture Notes - Job Design, Multivariate Analysis Of Variance, Transactive Memory
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Teams= 2 or more people working towards a common goal working together interdependently (interconnected) : how much scale items/question hang together statistically. i. e. i like to party related to i like to talk for extroversion test. Attitudinal and behavioral effects of autonomous group working: a longitudinal field study: Established site: traditional work design and autonomous group work. Greenfield site: traditional work design (separated as a non self directed team from shift process workers to determine hypo 3). Individual level (assessed twice, 12 months apart: 8 months & 20 after start-up) Various perceptions of work measures i. e. job sat. Two types of workers: process workers and maintenance workers. Two plants, one with interconnected self-directed team and one with independent team. Hypothesis 1 confirmed but traditional employees had higher commitment (which differs from past study). Hypo 2 not supported, in line with previous studies: could be because new plant was farther away.