Measuring the prevalence of self-managing teams: taking account of defining characteristics

Self-managing teams are considered a hallmark of employee participation and high-performance work practices. However, the results of research into their prevalence are usually incomparable, since sources use varied and divergent operationalisations. Building on recent studies that measure team preva...

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Published in:Work, employment and society Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 375 - 385
Main Authors: Nijholt, Jurriaan J., Benders, Jos
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.06.2010
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Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects:
Collaboration
Corporate culture
Corporate strategies
Descriptive statistics
Educational administration
Empirical research
Employee involvement
Employment
Job rotation
Management techniques
Measurement
Methodology
Operational definition
Operational Definitions
Research Note
Scheduling
Self directed work teams
Self-management
Selfmanagement programmes
Standardization
Teams
Teamwork
Work
Worker Participation
Workers' participation
Working conditions
Workplaces
self-managing teams
prevalence
management practices
teamwork
methods
ISSN:0950-0170, 1469-8722
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Summary:Self-managing teams are considered a hallmark of employee participation and high-performance work practices. However, the results of research into their prevalence are usually incomparable, since sources use varied and divergent operationalisations. Building on recent studies that measure team prevalence, we propose our own operational definition of teams, and suggest suitable items for their measurement. We thereby aim to encourage standardisation in the measurement of team prevalence.
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ISSN:0950-0170
1469-8722
DOI:10.1177/0950017010362149