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