Molly, Much of the empirical work that I've done over the years has been related to team effectiveness over time. The reference for the one study that looked at the relationship between team composition and team effectiveness over time is: Watson, W. E., Kumar, K. & Michaelsen, L. K. 1993. Cultural diversity’s impact on group process and performance: Comparing culturally homogeneous and culturally diverse task groups. The *Academy of Management Journal*, 36(3): 590-602 The one thing that stands out in my mind inn relation to the effect of team composition on individuals is that team effectiveness (which greatly increases over time for diverse groups) has a big impact on the way members view other team members. Early on (when teams aren't very effective), members are likely to see members who are "different" in any way as a deterrent to effectiveness. Later, as teams mature and become more effective, members are likely to view differences as an asset. There are a number of places where I've cited the research supporting these conclusions. Unfortunately, I don't have any of my resources with me while my wife and I are on our church mission in Iceland. Larry On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 2:00 AM, Molly Espey <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I need help in two areas, one general research on teams and individuals > and the second on business/general journal outlet for a TBL study. > > > > First, I have a project in progress looking at how the composition of > teams (size, gender mix, class level mix, gpa) affects team success on RATs > and activities (I do a variety of graded and ungraded activities) and how > it impacts individual performance. I have a number of references about > team performance and team composition in a variety of environments. What I > have added to an earlier version of this analysis is a model for individual > performance as a function of team and individual characteristics. What I > am interested in picking your brains about is any references on how the > composition of teams affects individuals. > > > > Second, I have a paper that was just rejected by the *Journal of Economic > Education* and I’m looking for an alternative outlet. This paper uses a > beginning and end of semester survey about students’ perceptions of the > impact of “the typical college course” and “the use of TBL” in my course on > various critical thinking skills. This is a survey that I created and have > administered in classes for a number of years. I presented a version of > this research at the TBL conference several years ago. The main criticisms > of the research are legitimate, that these are students’ perceptions, not > actual measures of learning gains, and that this is not a standardized > quantitative test of critical thinking. This paper could be re-pitched > more generally as a measure of the impact of TBL on (students’ perceptions > of) critical thinking skills, using students in five different economics > courses (14 classes overall). One of the reviewers suggested a correlation > test between two of my outcome variables as a measurement of the validity > of my survey design; I just ran that and the correlation was 0.889 (high > correlation=low measurement error). So any ideas for either business > oriented or general journal outlets for this research? > > > > Thank you very much in advance. > > > Molly Espey, Professor > John E. Walker Dept. of Economics > Clemson University > Clemson, SC 29634 > (864) 656-6401 > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the TEAMLEARNING-L list, please click here. > <https://lists.ubc.ca/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=TEAMLEARNING-L&A=1> > > Further information about the UBC Mailing Lists service can be found on > the UBC IT website. > -- ******************************* Larry K. Michaelsen, Emeritus Professor of Management Dockery 400G, University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO 64093 660/864-6497 cell, 660/543-8465 fax For info on: Team-Based Learning (TBL) <www.teambasedlearning.org> Integrative Business Experience (IBE) < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7Y_Hrl6iRs&feature=youtu.bel <http://faculty.ucmo.edu/ibe/home.html>> ******************************* ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the TEAMLEARNING-L list, please click the following link: https://lists.ubc.ca/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=TEAMLEARNING-L&A=1 Further information about the UBC Mailing Lists service can be found on the UBC IT website.