What is the definition of team cohesiveness?

Correct answer: The extent to which members are attracted to the team and motivated to remain in it.

Explanation

Team cohesiveness refers to the 'social glue' that binds a team together. It is about the members' attraction to the team and their motivation to stay a part of it, which generally leads to higher morale and can lead to higher productivity.

Other questions

Question 1

What are the three components that define a team?

Question 2

What is social facilitation?

Question 3

A team composed of a manager and their subordinates in the formal chain of command, often within a single department, is known as what type of team?

Question 4

What is the term for a team member who benefits from team membership but does not actively participate and contribute to the team's work?

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT one of the five common dysfunctions of teams listed in the text?

Question 6

What are the three outcomes used to measure work team effectiveness in the model presented in the chapter?

Question 7

What did psychologist Ivan Steiner's research, conducted over 30 years ago, propose about team size and performance?

Question 8

What is the 'two-pizza rule' established by Jeff Bezos at Amazon.com regarding team size?

Question 9

What are the two types of member roles that must be met for a team to be successful over the long run?

Question 10

Which behavior is characteristic of a person playing a socioemotional role in a team?

Question 11

During which stage of team development do individual personalities emerge, leading to conflict and disagreement over goals and roles?

Question 12

What is the primary focus of a team during the performing stage of development?

Question 14

What are the two categories of outcomes that result from team cohesiveness?

Question 15

What is a team norm?

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT one of the four common ways team norms develop?

Question 17

Conflict that refers to interpersonal incompatibility creating tension and personal animosity among people is known as what?

Question 18

What is the relationship between the amount of conflict and team performance?

Question 19

Which style of handling conflict reflects a high degree of both assertiveness and cooperativeness, enabling both parties to win?

Question 20

When is the compromising style of handling conflict most appropriate?

Question 21

A negotiation approach based on a win-win assumption, where parties try to come up with a creative solution that benefits both sides, is called what?

Question 22

According to one survey of manufacturing organizations, what percentage of respondents reported using some kind of team?

Question 23

What is a special-purpose team?

Question 24

What is a global team?

Question 25

According to research on software development teams, what was the size range of the best-performing teams?

Question 26

Which stage of team development is specifically associated with committees and teams that have a limited task and are disbanded afterward?

Question 27

What is the primary cause of conflict when individuals or teams must compete for money, information, or supplies?

Question 28

What is the primary difference between task conflict and relationship conflict?

Question 29

Which type of negotiation assumes that the size of the 'pie' is fixed and is competitive and adversarial in nature?

Question 30

What is one of the key rules for reaching a win-win solution through integrative negotiation?

Question 31

A survey of employees at multinational corporations found that what percentage of respondents belong to virtual teams?

Question 32

What is a key difference between a cross-functional team and a functional team?

Question 33

In the context of the five dysfunctions of teams, what is the consequence of a 'Fear of conflict'?

Question 34

What does a person playing a task specialist role typically do in a team?

Question 35

In what stage of team development is the major emphasis on unity and the resolution of conflict?

Question 36

What is one of the determinants of team cohesiveness?

Question 37

What is a characteristic of a team with mostly socioemotional roles?

Question 38

Which of the five contributions of teams is most directly related to the concept of social facilitation?

Question 39

What type of team was 'Project Quark' at Ford Motor Company, which was created to monitor parts manufacturers during an industry crisis?

Question 40

According to the text, a healthy level of conflict helps to prevent what team phenomenon?

Question 41

Which conflict handling style is most appropriate when you realize you are wrong or when the issue is more important to others than to you?

Question 42

Self-managed teams typically consist of how many multiskilled workers?

Question 43

What is one of the primary reasons listed in the text that teamwork presents a dilemma for many people?

Question 44

What is the contrasting characteristic of an effective team for the dysfunction 'Lack of trust'?

Question 45

Which of the following is a leadership strategy for leading virtual teams?

Question 46

According to research, what is the impact of gender diversity on team performance?

Question 47

What are the first behaviors that occur in a team that set a precedent for future norms called?

Question 48

In the context of team member roles, which of the following is a behavior of a task specialist?

Question 49

What does a team leader concentrate on during the performing stage of team development?

Question 50

What type of team, such as those at the software firm 37signals, takes responsibility for their own work, makes decisions, and monitors their own performance?