Dear Colleagues, I use the following references when referring to requirements for success in teamwork:

 

Woolley, A.W., Chabris, C.F., Pentland, A., Hashmi, N. & Malone, T.W. 2010, 'Evidence for a Collective Intelligence Factor in the Performance of Human Groups', Science, vol. 330, no. 6004, pp. 686-688.

In summary, this large research study found that performance is correlated with “the average social sensitivity of group members, the equality in distribution of conversational turn-taking, and the proportion of females in the group”.

 

I also use Nevicka, B., Ten Velden, F.S., De Hoogh, A.H.B. & Van Vianen, A.E.M. 2011, 'Reality at Odds with Perceptions: Narcissistic Leaders and Group Performance', Psychological Science, vol. 22, no. 10, pp. 1259-1264. This study concludes that performance is negatively correlated with “dominating” leadership.

 

Peter Balan OAM

University of South Australia, Australia

 

From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Lerner
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Hi all,

 

I don't have the articles on hand, but my recollection of the research is that you want women to form the majority of a group here, and that it's not quite enough to just have pairs. Of course, you should take me with a grain of salt since I don't have the actual research on hand.

 

Cheers,

-Michael

 

On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 4:24 PM Jim Sibley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hi

 

there is research in engineering education on gender balance in teams

 

We don't have lone women in teams....better to pair women and have some all male teams

 

I can dig the research next week if you are interested

 

jim

 

 


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On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Kirkpatrick, Michael Scott - kirkpams <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

This spring I have a class with a significant imbalance between men and women – 9 women and 26 men have enrolled. Any thoughts on whether to spread the women out, bunch them together, or it doesn’t matter?

 

In Computer Science, this type of imbalance (10-20% women) is typical. In fields (like CS) where women tend to be underrepresented, best practices generally say that you should never leave a woman in a group by herself. Isolating a female student can unnecessarily aggravate variety of contextual factors (stereotype threat, impostor syndrome, defensive classroom climates, etc.). I can't say if similar effects happen in other fields, but this seems to be the consensus in CS.

 

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James Madison University

 

 

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