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Does Team Building Work?

Cameron Klein

University of Central Florida

Deborah DiazGranados

University of Central Florida

Eduardo Salas

University of Central Florida, esalas{at}ist.ucf.edu

Huy Le

University of Central Florida

C. Shawn Burke

University of Central Florida

Rebecca Lyons

University of Central Florida

Gerald F. Goodwin

Army Research Institute

This research reports the results of a comprehensive investigation into the effectiveness of team building. The article serves to update and extend Salas, Rozell, Mullen, and Driskell's (1999) team-building meta-analysis by assessing a larger database and examining a broader set of outcomes. Our study considers the impact of four specific team-building components (goal setting, interpersonal relations, problem solving, and role clarification) on cognitive, affective, process, and performance outcomes. Results (based on 60 correlations) suggest that team building has a positive moderate effect across all team outcomes. In terms of specific outcomes, team building was most strongly related to affective and process outcomes. Results are also presented on the differential effectiveness of team building based upon the team size.

Key Words: team building • team performance • team development

This version was published on April 1, 2009

Small Group Research, Vol. 40, No. 2, 181-222 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1046496408328821
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