Prompted by the growing importance of teams in educational settings and by the need for a theoretical framework for team-related studies, this study proposed dimensions of a team functioning framework, based on descriptive studies, group theory, socio-technical models of organizations, and systems theory. The proposed team functioning framework informed the instrument design and proposed data analysis. Twenty-five nominated high functioning interdisciplinary teams were compared with nineteen nominated typical interdisciplinary teams to assess possible similarities and differences in team functioning between the two groups of middle school teams. Data from survey responses of 169 team teachers and 38 principals to a team functioning questionnaire for team teachers and a team assessment scale for principals were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson Product-Moment Correlations. No differences were found between the two groups which perceived themselves as overall high functioning. Correlations were positive and significant among the dimensions of team functioning. / Findings may reflect the true nature of the sample in that they were indeed high functioning or as functioning at a satisfactory level and that the scores indicated implementation of all behaviors of team functioning, as theorized. Findings may be attributable to a selection process which involved heavily on perceptions of the nominating experts, the judgements of the principals, and the self-reporting nature of the instrument. / Implications point to the need for effective research methodologies related to teams and for the future development of a theoretical base which may build upon the team functioning framework proposed in this study. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-11, Section: A, page: 4239. / Major Professor: Judith Irvin. / Thesis (Ed.D.)--The Florida State University, 1995.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77603 |
| Contributors | Trimble, Susan Barna., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 192 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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