A Pilot Study: The Effectiveness of Teamwork Training on Work Team Cohesiveness
Abstract
the addition of staff numbers. Organizational change causes changes in working groups, and
leads to low group cohesiveness. One way to increase group cohesiveness is to provide
teamwork training. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of teamwork training in
improving the cohesiveness of working groups. This study used quasi experimental with one
group pre-test-post-test design. Group cohesiveness was measured by the Group Environment
Questionnaire (GEQ) questionnaire. Teamwork training was followed by 12 employees who
were less able to work in groups. Research data was processed by using paired sample t-test.
The result of this study indicates that team work training can improve the working group
cohesiveness (T = -4.114, p <0.05). Teamwork training can be one way to improve team
cohesiveness