Measuring the Organizational Capacity for Teamwork

Document Type : Research Paper

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Institute for Management and Planning studies(IMPS)

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Capacity and ability of the organization for teamwork is one of the prerequisites of the effective teamwork and development of team-based organizations. Traditionally, most experts and scholars in social, political, economic, cultural and managerial fields of the country emphasize that Iranians have not been successful in doing collective and team works. In this article, teamwork challenge in Iran is studied at the organizational level via measuring and evaluating organizational capacity for teamwork. This study applies the analytic model of three ramifications (i.e. behavioral, structural and contextual dimensions) to measure organizational capacity for teamwork. For this purpose in a cross-sectional survey by using a stratified random sampling method, a sample of 73 public organizations/companies from three different sectors in administrative, military and hospital fields were studied. A questionnaire with 64 items was applied for data gathering. The reliability is evaluated via Cronbach's alpha coefficient and pre-test post-test method. Validity of questionnaire is also confirmed through the content validity and construct validity using Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). One sample t-test and one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used to analyze the data. The findings of this study indicate that generally, organizational capacity for teamwork in the studied sample of public organizations is lower than the average. Also, the mean and standard deviation of three ramifications which are measured in a five point Likert scale are as follows: behavioral dimension (2.64, 0.31), structural dimension (2.71, 0.25) and contextual dimension (2.82, 0.38).

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Organizational Behaviour Studies Quarterly
Volume 5, Issue 3 - Serial Number 19
serial no 19
December 2016
Pages 51-84

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