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William R Forrester1, Armen Tashchian
1Department of Marketing and Professional Sales, Kennesaw State University, GA 30144-5591, USA. bill_forrester@coles2.kennesaw.edu
Abstract:
Results of an exploratory study of relationships between work-group characteristics and the social and task cohesion of 18 business students engaged in team class projects. Regression analysis of scores on workload sharing, team spirit, task flexibility, and team cohesiveness for scales of the Work Group Characteristics Inventory indicated sharing of the workload was significantly associated with both task and social cohesion; team spirit with task cohesion but not social cohesion; and task flexibility with social cohesion but not task cohesion.
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