Teamwork training interventions produce significant positive effects on team performance in controlled studies¶

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q3 i3 Controlled teamwork interventions have a significant, large pooled effect on team performance (d = 0.919; d = 0.582 after outlier removal). → McEwan D. 2017

Evidence¶

McEwan D. 2017¶

McEwan D., Ruissen G.R., Eys M.A., Zumbo B.D., Beauchamp M.R. (2017). The Effectiveness of Teamwork Training on Teamwork Behaviors and Team Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Controlled Interventions. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169604

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Random-effects meta-analysis of 50 interventions from 32 controlled studies with team performance as the outcome. The pooled effect was "significant, large" (d = 0.919, 95% CI 0.65–1.19); after removing five outlier interventions the effect was d = 0.582 (95% CI 0.47–0.69). Fail-safe N was 6692; Egger's test was non-significant (p = 0.91).

"It was shown that teamwork interventions had a significant, large effect on team performance—d (SE) = 0.919 (0.14), 95% CI = 0.65–1.19, Z = 6.72, p < 0.001; Q (df) = 851.3 (49), I2 = 94.2."

Discussion¶

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