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2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

A STUDY OF TEAMWORK CHARACTERISTICS THAT INCREASE THE ACCURACY AND CREATIVITY OF GROUP PROBLEM SOLVING

Research Project

Project/Area Number 12610134
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 教育・社会系心理学
Research InstitutionKYUSHU UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

YAMAGUCHI Hiroyuki  KYUSHU UNIV. FACULTY OF HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT STUDIES, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, 大学院・人間環境学研究院, 助教授 (50243449)

Project Period (FY) 2000 – 2001
KeywordsTEAMWORK / PROBLEM SOLVING / CREATIVITY / GROUP DECISION MAKING / LEADERSHIP / COMMUNICATIION / TEAM EMPOWERMENT / SELFMANAGING TEAM
Research Abstract

The present study was intended to reveal the characteristics and functions of the excellent teamwork that enabled accurate and creative group problem solving from the viewpoint of social psychology. First of all, I made a review of studies about teamwork conceptions and recomposed the definition of teamwork on this study in order to clarify the purpose and locus of this study. The first empirical study was conducted on sales promotion teams in Tokyo branch of a major electric company. I got full records of exchanged information via electric communication system using email, net meeting and electronic bulletin board in that sales promotion teams. Then I conducted the content analysis with time series perspectives. And I carried out the questionnaire survey on the team members and interview to managers of the teams. In addition, I compared the results of these analyses between an excellent performing team and a struggling team for poor performance.
The results of this study were as follows. In an excellent team, large part of the exchanged information was occupied by task oriented and problem solving oriented ones. And most of the members chose the notion that teamwork was that each member completed own mission as teamwork. On the other hand, in a struggling team, large part of exchanged information was occupied by emotional support oriented and clarification oriented ones. And most of the members chose the notion that each member covered mutual weakness as teamwork. This study succeeded in demonstrating that the notion of teamwork in a team was interacting dynamically with the trait of team communication and team performance, and that such dynamic interaction would generate the team characters. The future task is to clarify the modalities of the relationships between such interaction and team problem solving and performance.

  • Research Products

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All Publications (12 results)

  • [Publications] YAMAGUCHI, Hiroyuki: "The effects of IT revolution on team communication and leader behaviors in a Japanese organization"Kyushu University Psychological Research. 3. 41-48 (2002)

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  • [Publications] YAMAGUCHI, Hiroyuki: "The effects of utilizing CMC system in business teams on the leadership of managers : A sequential analysis in a Japanese company"The Proceedings of Asian Social Psychology at Melbourne. 4. 185-185 (2001)

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  • [Publications] 山口裕幸: "電子コミュニケーション・システムの導入が組織の創造的情報処理過程に与える影響"電気通信普及財団研究調査報告書. 15. 72-79 (2000)

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  • [Publications] 山口裕幸(編著), 遠藤利彦, 唐沢稔, 西田公昭, 中村奈良江, 他: "心理学リーディングス"ナカニシヤ出版. 245 (2001)

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  • [Publications] 山岸俊男(編著), 山口裕幸, 佐藤達哉, 結城昌樹, 大淵健一, 他: "社会心理学キーワード"有斐閣. 242 (2001)

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  • [Publications] 外島裕, 田中堅一郎(編著), 井出亘, 山口裕幸, 小林裕, 金井篤子, 他: "産業・組織心理学エッセンシャルズ"ナカニシヤ出版. 287 (2000)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] YAMAGUCHI, Hiroyuki: "The effects of IT revolution on team communication and leader behaviors in a Japanese organization"Kyushu University Psychological Research. 3. 41-48 (2002)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] YAMAGUCHI, Hiroyuki: "The effects of utilizing CMC system in business teams on the leadership of managers: A sequential analysis in a Japanese company"The Proceedings of Asian Social Psychology at Melbourne. 4. 185 (2001)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] YAMAGUCHI, Hiroyuki: "The effects of introduction of electronic communication system upon the creative information processing in organizations"The Research Report of Telecommunication Advancement Foundation. 15. 72-79 (2000)

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  • [Publications] YAMAGUCHI, Hiroyuki: "Readings for psychology"Nakanishiya Publication Inc.. 245 (2001)

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  • [Publications] YAMAGUCHI, Hiroyuki, Life in a group: "Social Psychology Keywords, T. Yamagishi (ed.)"Yuhikaki. 151-170 (2001)

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  • [Publications] YAMAGUCHI, Hiroyuki, Leadership: "Essentials for Industrial / Organizational Psychology, Y. Toshima & K. Tanaka (Eds.)"Nakanishiya Publication Inc.. 133-161 (2000)

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