The Work Group Characteristics and its Relations with the Group’s Effectiveness - with Reference to Women’s Self-Help Groups Engaged in Economic Activity - a Conceptual Research

Abstract

This conceptual research proposes the application of the work group characteristics and effectiveness model designed by Campion et.al (1993) on studying women’s self-help group characteristics’ relation with its effectiveness. The Campion’s et.al (1993) model encompasses 19 characteristics within 5 themes and for measuring the work group effectiveness measures (Campion et.al.,1993). The study relates those 19 characteristics to organizational work group’s effectiveness in a field setting with natural work groups. The work group effectiveness is defined in terms of productivity, work group members’ satisfaction and supervisor’s judgment. The current study examines the work group characteristics and its effectiveness, through the Campion’s et.al. (1993) model on the women’s self-group which are self-organized and self-managed and also assumes responsibility for all the positive and negative outcomes of their group. The current research proposes to apply the Campion’s model on the women’s self-help group engaged in economic activities.