Zeeuw, Stijn de (2023) What makes a team work? Psychometric properties of the Teamwork Checklist. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
The Teamwork checklist (TC) is a questionnaire made for evaluating team dynamics and has been used for over a decade. The TC consists of six subscales: Cohesion, Competent leadership, Coaching, Commitment, Collective Goals and Coping and is used for advising teams on how to improve effectiveness. This study examined the Teamwork Checklist and evaluated its construct validity, internal consistency reliability and test-retest reliability. The hypothesis was that the TC is a valid and reliable mode of measurement for team dynamics. The test-retest reliability was assessed by testing six korfball teams twice over a course of four weeks. And was tested by using Pearson’s product moment correlation for individual results and Spearman’s Rho for team mean results. Team mean reliability was inconclusive because of sample size issues. Individual test-retest reliability showed that Coaching, Competent leadership and Coping were test-retest reliable and the other three subscales were not. Construct validity was calculated using principal component analysis (PCA) with an oblique rotation. The subscales showed correlation between each other, but not enough to doubt discriminative validity. The PCA showed clear difference between subscales, except for the subscale Commitment. Internal consistency reliability was acceptable for each subscale (at least α=0,75)(appendix 8). Additional alpha calculations showed room for removing at least one item from every subscale without sacrificing reliability (appendix 9). Based on validity and reliability tests in this study, it can be concluded that the TC has construct validity and internal consistency. Test-retest reliability is less conclusive, one explanation for this could be a recency bias for social constructs. Future research could be aimed at establishing convergent validity and shortening the questionnaire to increase the ease of completing the TC.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Schuls, M. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Talent Development and Creativity (TDC) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jul 2023 14:22 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Jul 2023 14:22 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2201 |
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