What features epitomize cohesion: development of a preliminary measure von Treuer, Kathryn, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew, Moss, Simon, McLeod, Janet and Hamilton, Sigrid 2013, What features epitomize cohesion: development of a preliminary measure, Journal of business administration research, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 66-76, doi: 10.5430/jbar.v2n1p66. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads vontreuer-whatarefeatures-2013.pdf Published version application/pdf 161.60KB 371 Title What features epitomize cohesion: development of a preliminary measure Alternative title What are the Features and Practices of Workgroups that Epitomize Cohesion: Development of a Preliminary Measure Author(s) von Treuer, Kathryn Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew orcid.org/0000-0003-1145-6057 Moss, Simon McLeod, Janet Hamilton, Sigrid Journal name Journal of business administration research Volume number 2 Issue number 1 Start page 66 End page 76 Total pages 11 Publisher Sciedu Press Place of publication Toronto, Canada Publication date 2013 ISSN 1927-9507 Keyword(s) cohesion cooperation scale construction trust Summary Presently, no consensus has been reached with regards to measuring workplace cohesion. Cohesion measures often allude to abstract concepts rather than tangible features, therefore this study identified the tangible features and specific practices that epitomize cohesive workgroups. Specifically, 28 individuals were interviewed and asked to reflect upon two workgroups in which they had been employed before, only one of which was cohesive. Participants identified tangible features, practices, or characteristics that typified each of these workgroups. Content analysis uncovered 14 features of cohesion, such as shared emotional events in the past, friendly and welcoming greetings, and a feeling of pride when other people in the team excel on some task. A provisional measure of cohesion was then distilled from these items. Language eng DOI 10.5430/jbar.v2n1p66 Field of Research 170107 Industrial and Organisational Psychology Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal HERDC collection year 2013 Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30054931 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 14 Aug 2013, 12:11:38 EST Thu, 15 Aug 2013, 09:11:18 EST Fri, 23 Aug 2013, 08:44:15 EST Fri, 23 Aug 2013, 08:49:32 EST Wed, 27 Aug 2014, 23:37:42 EST Mon, 19 Jan 2015, 12:05:37 EST Wed, 18 Nov 2015, 07:00:36 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:41:43 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 16:37:45 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 699 Abstract Views, 371 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 14 Aug 2013, 12:11:24 EST by Barb Lavelle