Collaborative Team Research Articles

“Should I Introduce myself?”: Asynchronous semi-guided professional introductions for enhanced perceived team effectiveness in new virtual dyadic teams

Achieving effective collaboration and trust has been shown to be harder for virtual vs. in-person teams. Related work has confirmed that introductions are a key mechanism to form trust in newly-formed teams. The rise of remote work necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for accelerating the development of effective collaboration in virtual teams. In response to this need, based on the research around introductions and trust in team settings, we have developed a novel approach for virtual introductions. This is what we term as asynchronous, semi-guided, professional introductions. Participants pre-record an introduction that uses a set of professionally-focused questions and watch these introductions prior to the meeting. Our study examines the impact of these introductions on virtual teams in three conditions: video, text, and no introduction. In this study, we used the Team Diagnostic Survey post-task completion to assess team effectiveness and interpersonal processes of 28 dyads. Thematic coding was used to collect dyads’ experience and engagement. The introduction conditions demonstrated significantly improved collaboration, effectiveness, and engagement amongst participants. Notably, the video condition was particularly well-received by participants and resulted in higher levels of engagement and effectiveness compared to the text and no introduction conditions. Ultimately, the use of these introductions led to a marked increase in trust and collaboration amongst participants. We reflect on the effects of this finding in the mainstream and propose further research to support newly-formed virtual dyadic teams to increase team effectiveness. This study contributes to the existing literature by introducing a novel asynchronous, semi-guided approach to virtual dyadic team introductions, offering insights crucial for contemporary remote work dynamics.

THE EVOLUTION OF LEADERSHIP IN THE MODERN PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPE: SHIFTING PARADIGMS AND THEIR IMPACTS

<p>Leadership plays a pivotal role in guiding and shaping organizations and teams. In the modern professional world, leaders have undergone a transformation, influenced by various factors such as technological advancements, shifting societal expectations, and the dynamics of globalization. This study presents a comprehensive exploration of the multifaceted nature of leadership evolution in the workplace, drawing on data from qualitative research, interviews, and scholarly literature reviews. The findings highlight the shift from hierarchical to collaborative leadership, emphasizing increased interaction, teamwork, and innovation. Furthermore, the significance of communication and collaboration skills in leaders is underscored, with effective communication linked to enhanced team performance and collaboration skills as a key driver of organizational success. In addition, innovation and creativity are identified as critical components of effective leadership, fostering enhanced productivity and competitive advantage. These changes in leadership systems have far-reaching implications, affecting productivity, job satisfaction, and innovation in the workplace. The study underscores the need for leaders to adapt to this evolving landscape and integrate these essential leadership skills, ultimately contributing to effective leadership in the contemporary professional world. This research offers valuable insights into the dynamic nature of leadership in the evolving professional context.</p><p> </p>

Convergence Research and Training in Computational Bioengineering: A Case Study on AI/ML-Driven Biofilm–Material Interaction Discovery

Historically, research disciplines have successfully operated independently. However, the emergence of transdisciplinary research has led to convergence methodologies, resulting in groundbreaking discoveries. Despite the benefits, graduate programs face challenges in implementing transdisciplinary research and preparing students for real-world collaboration across diverse disciplines and experience levels. We propose a convergence training framework integrating project-based learning, training modules, and collaborative teaming to address this. This approach, tested in a multi-institutional workshop, proved effective in bridging expertise gaps and fostering successful convergence learning experiences in computational biointerface (material–biology interface) research. Here, biointerface research focuses on control of biomolecular interactions with technologically relevant material surfaces, which is a critical component of biotechnology and engineering applications. Positive outcomes, including conference presentations and published models, endorse the framework's application in graduate curricula, particularly for students engaging in transdisciplinary collaboration.

Development of a student intervarsity interprofessional healthcare team challenge to promote collaboration and teamwork

This curricular report describes the development and evaluation of an intervarsity competition entitled the All-Ireland Interprofessional Healthcare Challenge (AIPEC). Students from eight universities across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland take part in this extracurricular event on an annual basis. In this manuscript, we report on the development of the case and on the findings of a student evaluation of the event following the 2022 event using the Assessment of the Interprofessional Team Collaboration Scale for Students (AITCS-II student version). Of the 34 students who participated in AIPEC 2022, responses were obtained from 24 (70.6 % response rate). Student feedback was overwhelmingly positive including positive agreement in all four AITCS-II subscales (partnership, coordination, cooperation and teamworking). Free text comments further endorse the event as a positive, collaborative student learning opportunity. In conclusion, our experience has shown the AIPEC to be a beneficial learning experience for students, with clear benefits in developing clinical knowledge and attitudes towards collaborative practice and teamworking.

Enhancing Workplace Productivity: A Review of Effective Communication Techniques and Their Role in Fostering Team Collaboration and Conflict Resolution

Enhancing Workplace Productivity: A Review of Effective Communication Techniques and Their Role in Fostering Team Collaboration and Conflict Resolution

Status quo and influencing factors of multiprofessional and multidisciplinary teamwork for early mobilization in mechanically ventilated patients in ICUs: A multi-centre survey study.

To understand the status quo of multiprofessional and multidisciplinary collaboration for early mobilization of mechanically ventilated patients in Chinese ICUs and identify any factors that may influence this practice. A multi-centre cross-sectional survey. From October to November 2022, the convenience sampling method was used to select ICU multiprofessional and multidisciplinary early mobility members (including physicians, nurses and physiotherapists) from 27 tertiary general hospitals in 14 provinces, cities and autonomous regions of China. They were asked to complete an author-developed questionnaire on the status of collaboration and the Assessment of Inter-professional Team Collaboration Scale. A multiple linear regression model was used to analyse the factors associated with the level of collaboration. Physicians, nurses and physiotherapists mostly suffered from the lack of normative protocols, unclear division of responsibilities and unclear multiprofessional and multidisciplinary teams when using a collaborative approach to early activities. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the number of ICU patients managed, the existence of norms and processes, the attitude of colleagues around them, the establishment of a team, communication methods and activity leaders were significant influences on the level of collaboration among members of the multiprofessional and multidisciplinary early activities. The collaboration of multiprofessional and multidisciplinary early activity members for mechanically ventilated patients in the ICU remains unclear, and the collaboration strategy needs to be constructed and improved, taking into account China's human resources and each region's economic development level. This study investigates the collaboration status of multiprofessional and multidisciplinary activity members from the perspective of teamwork, analyses the reasons affecting the level of collaboration and helps to develop better teamwork strategies to facilitate the implementation of early activities. The participants in this study were multiprofessional and multidisciplinary medical staff who performed early activities for ICU patients.

Predicting Individual Well-Being in Teamwork Contexts Based on Speech Features

Current methods for assessing individual well-being in team collaboration at the workplace often rely on manually collected surveys. This limits continuous real-world data collection and proactive measures to improve team member workplace satisfaction. We propose a method to automatically derive social signals related to individual well-being in team collaboration from raw audio and video data collected in teamwork contexts. The goal was to develop computational methods and measurements to facilitate the mirroring of individuals’ well-being to themselves. We focus on how speech behavior is perceived by team members to improve their well-being. Our main contribution is the assembly of an integrated toolchain to perform multi-modal extraction of robust speech features in noisy field settings and to explore which features are predictors of self-reported satisfaction scores. We applied the toolchain to a case study, where we collected videos of 20 teams with 56 participants collaborating over a four-day period in a team project in an educational environment. Our audiovisual speaker diarization extracted individual speech features from a noisy environment. As the dependent variable, team members filled out a daily PERMA (positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment) survey. These well-being scores were predicted using speech features extracted from the videos using machine learning. The results suggest that the proposed toolchain was able to automatically predict individual well-being in teams, leading to better teamwork and happier team members.

Unveil the Transformative Effects of Employee Welfare and Leadership Initiatives

This paper explores the transformative impact of employee welfare initiatives on leadership practices within organizations. Employee welfare encompasses various aspects, including health benefits, work-life balance programs, professional development opportunities, and supportive workplace cultures. Furthermore, this paper discusses the potential challenges and barriers to implementing comprehensive employee welfare programs and the corresponding implications for leadership. It highlights the importance of alignment between leadership values and organizational policies to ensure the successful integration and sustainability of employee welfare initiatives. This paper offers valuable insights for organizational leaders, HR practitioners, and scholars aiming to understand the dynamic relationship between employee welfare and leadership initiatives. By recognizing the transformative potential of prioritizing employee welfare, organizations can cultivate a culture of inclusivity, innovation, and excellence, ultimately driving sustainable growth and competitive advantage in today's dynamic business environment. Keywords: Employee benefits, Leadership skills, Promotes employee well-being and Team collaboration.

The 23rd Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Virology Association.

Located 50 miles west of Fort Collins, Colorado, Colorado State University's Mountain Campus in Pingree Park hosted the 23rd annual Rocky Mountain Virology Association meeting in 2023 with 116 participants. The 3-day event at the end of September consisted of 28 talks and 43 posters that covered the topics of viral evolution and surveillance, developments in prion research, arboviruses and vector biology, host-virus interactions, and viral immunity and vaccines. This year's Randall Jay Cohrs keynote presentation covered the topic of One Health and emerging coronaviruses. This timely discussion covered the importance of global disease surveillance, international collaboration, and trans-disciplinary research teams to prevent and control future pandemics. Peak fall colors flanked the campus and glowed along the multiple mountain peaks, allowing for pristine views while discussing science and networking, or engaging in mountain activities like fly fishing and hiking. On behalf of the Rocky Mountain Virology Association, this report summarizes select presentations from the 23rd annual meeting.

Characteristics of contemporary health research practice: A shift from ivory tower to collaborative power

Abstract The academic world is rapidly changing due to multiple influences, including COVID-19, technological advancement, tertiary competition, shifting government policies, and emerging research practices and priorities. Given this rapidly changing tertiary-education landscape, added importance is placed on the need for emerging research leaders to understand contemporary research practices which likely exceeds the skills displayed by their supervisors and mentors. Consequently, reflecting on 80+ years of collective post-PhD research experience, we identify and discuss six common characteristics of contemporary health research practice, with the aim of guiding and empowering higher degree by research students and emerging early career researchers as they develop their research identities and shape their approaches and values on the path to becoming research leaders in health. Indicative of today’s dynamic and exacting research environment, we propose that best practice contemporary health research should be: Diverse; Creative; Collaborative; Authentic; Respectful; and, Trusting. By understanding a diverse range of research approaches, and through working in collaborative and creative teams, diversity of thought, approach, and methods can become a cornerstone of practice. By blending this understanding with questions and research approaches that facilitate the pathway of translation uptake for the next-user, emerging research leaders can deliver authentic research with the requisite ingredients for impact.

Feasibility of the interdisciplinary multimodal assessment-The team perspective

Secondary preventive outpatient diagnostic services for patients with pain and risk factors for chronification have not yet been sufficiently established. In the PAIN2020 project (Innovation Fund, 01NVF17049) an outpatient interdisciplinary multimodal assessment (IMA) was introduced for the first time early in the course of the disease. For the implementation of the IMA procedures for team cooperation and decision criteria were developed, which were implemented by ateam of medical, physiotherapeutic and psychological therapists. These procedures and decision criteria are to be discussed against the background of clinical experience and examined with respect to their feasibility (qualitative). In PAIN2020 aworkshop on IMA was held in September 2021 to jointly reflect on the findings and experiences gained in the process so far through monitoring and structuring documentation in the implementation with staff or teams of PAIN2020 centers on the feasibility of implementing astructured interdisciplinary multimodal assessment. In three work phases, occupational group-specific and cross-occupational group topics were addressed. In the decision-making processes of the occupational groups, in addition to profession-specific focal points within the framework of the assessment of findings (somatic, functional or psychosocial core criteria), overarching core criteria within the professions as well as complementary patient-related aspects are evident, which are included in the integrative team process. With respect to team collaboration, the implementation of the team meeting and the final discussion can be used to identify structural and process parameters that promote or inhibit implementation, which are also accompanied by interactional factors. For the implementation of the IMA, there were (1)adaptations of the IMA, which is currently implemented as A‑IMA in the selective agreement with BARMER and (2)new dimensions or task fields and ideas for evidence-based concepts for the content design of integrative diagnostics as well as for the feedback of the results to the patients, which should be discussed in the future.

Transformational nurse leadership attributes in German hospitals pursuing organization-wide change via Magnet® or Pathway® principles: results from a qualitative study

BackgroundBudget constraints, staff shortages and high workloads pose challenges for German hospitals. Magnet® and Pathway® are concepts for implementing organization-wide change and redesigning work environments. There is limited research on the key elements that characterize nurse leaders driving the implementation of Magnet®/Pathway® principles outside the U.S. We explored the key attributes of nurse leaders driving organization-wide change through Magnet®/Pathway® principles in German hospitals.MethodsUsing a qualitative study design, semi-structured interviews (n = 18) were conducted with nurse leaders, managers, and clinicians, in five German hospitals known as having started implementing Magnet® or Pathway® principles. The interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data were analyzed in Atlas.ti using content analysis. For the analysis, a category system was created using a deductive-inductive approach.ResultsFive leadership attributes and eleven sub-attributes were identified as main themes and sub-themes: Visionary leaders who possess and communicate a strong vision and serve as role models to inspire change. Strategic leaders who focus on strategic planning and securing top management support. Supportive leaders who empower, emphasizing employee motivation, individualized support, and team collaboration. Stamina highlights courage, assertiveness, and resilience in the face of challenges. Finally, agility which addresses a leader’s presence, accessibility, and rapid responsiveness, fostering adaptability.ConclusionsThe study demonstrates leadership attributes explicitly focusing on instigating and driving organization-wide change through Magnet®/Pathway® principles in five German hospitals. The findings suggest a need for comprehensive preparation and ongoing development of nurse leaders aimed at establishing and sustaining a positive hospital work environment.

Construction of an innovative entrepreneurship project learning platform introducing a group recommendation algorithm for college students

This work aims to construct an innovative entrepreneurship project learning platform based on a group recommendation algorithm, which assists college students in better identifying and utilizing appropriate team resources during the entrepreneurial process. In order to achieve this goal, the genetic algorithm and probability models are introduced in the research process to improve the accuracy and personalization of group recommendations. First, the genetic algorithm is designed based on the initial population of individuals consisting of college students' diverse innovative entrepreneurship project information and personal characteristics. Individuals are iteratively optimized to find the optimal team combinations through crossover, mutation, and selection. Simultaneously, a probability model is employed to establish the group recommendation algorithm, and a large number of data samples and features are utilized for model training and prediction. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed Genetic Algorithm-Probability Model-Group Recommendation (GAPMGR) is validated through experiments and comparative analysis. The research findings indicate that the GAPMGR method proposed has significantly improved team combination recommendations for college students' innovative entrepreneurship project learning platforms. Compared to traditional methods, the GAPMGR algorithm's group recommendation performance has improved by 4.92%, enabling more accurate matching of suitable team resources. By introducing the genetic algorithm and probability models, the innovative entrepreneurship project learning platform based on group recommendation can effectively enhance students' entrepreneurial abilities and team collaboration effects. This platform can provide personalized team resource recommendations for students, promote interdisciplinary cooperation, and facilitate the successful implementation of innovative entrepreneurship projects. In the fields of education and entrepreneurship, this work provides a valuable entrepreneurial learning tool for college students and serves as a reference for educational institutions and entrepreneurship mentors. In the field of technology, this work explores the application of the genetic algorithm and probability models in group recommendation, offering new ideas and methods for further research and application.

TRANSFORMATION OF SAFETY CULTURE IN THE CONTEXT OF DIGITALISATION

Today, many industries across the globe are showing interest in the concept of safety culture. They consider the concept as a means to reduce the risk of accidents and disasters. However, despite the importance of the concept development, its formation and implementation have been accompanied by a significant number of complications, which arose because of the fragmentation and unsystematic nature of research on the development of safety culture and its importance for various industries. Nowadays, the situation has become more complicated due to the rapid digitalisation of industry, which has fundamentally changed the principles of operation of many industries. At the same time, safety culture is essential to ensuring an organisation’s sustainable development, requiring various activities to be coordinated and jointly implemented by the personnel who support the organisation’s smooth operation. Thus, organisations with a high risk of danger must observe the impact of digital transformation on developing a safety culture. The authors have considered and analysed the essential characteristics of safety culture to investigate the transformation of safety culture in digitalisation conditions. Based on this, we identified four types of safety culture. The analysis of culture types showed the advantages and disadvantages of introducing each culture type into an organisation’s activities. The study has established that the integral culture is the most effective. A high level of safety training for employees, attended by all employees from the lowest level to the CEO, characterises this type of culture. In addition, under this culture type, the organisation uses the most modern achievements to create safe and comfortable working conditions for all employees. Analysis of characteristics and types of safety culture has led to the conclusion that implementing a safety culture in an organisation is an effective tool for improving the working conditions of employees and, therefore, should be applied in the new digital reality. The next step was researching the transformation of safety culture in the context of digitalisation. The results revealed the advantages of digitalisation for the safety culture development of an organisation. The most significant benefits are reduced hazardous operations, improved reporting and hazard prevention effectiveness, improved team communication and collaboration, and increased regulatory compliance. Keywords: safety culture, digitalisation, employee.

A qualitative evaluation of the pathway for eating disorders and autism developed from clinical experience (PEACE): clinicians' perspective.

The Pathway for Eating disorders and Autism developed from Clinical Experience (PEACE pathway) is a clinical pathway of adapted treatment for individuals with eating disorders and autism in the UK. This study aims to investigate multidisciplinary clinicians' views of the strengths and challenges of PEACE pathway adaptations, while identifying areas where further improvement is needed. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 clinicians who worked on the PEACE pathway. Themes relevant to the benefits, challenges and areas of improvement were identified, and a thematic map was produced. PEACE Pathway brought clinical benefits such as improved understanding of patients' perspective, improved flexibility and individualisation in clinicians' approach, increased patient engagement, and provision of resources that are helpful to all patients with or without autism. Benefits to the service included increase in autism awareness, clinicians' confidence, and team collaboration. Challenges were also identified, including difficulties in incorporating autism adaptations into existing treatment protocol, implementing PEACE at different levels of care, staff schedule conflicts, and increased pressure to meet patients' needs. Overall, there is a need for systemic improvement in aftercare and community support for autism, more suitable autism screening tool, and more structured guidelines for making adaptations. PEACE Pathway has brought clinical and service benefits, while also bringing practical challenges rooted in the difficulty in distinguishing between autism and eating disorder in comorbid population. Future areas of improvement are highlighted for PEACE resources as well as in the national support system for autistic individuals.

Development Of Strategic Planning To Create An Effective School

The development of strategic planning in the education system is urgent in creating effective schools, namely schools that have work processes that are consistent with the planning context. Meanwhile, strategic planning is planning that focuses on achieving the school's vision, mission and goals. In an effort to optimize strategic planning, sensitivity to changes in strategy is needed, respect for work risks, having a solid work team, creative, proactive, responsive to changes and problems, creative and innovative, and having high dedication to achieving goals according to targets, hopes and needs. , demands and ability adjustments. Therefore, the process of developing strategic planning includes 5 components that must be considered in school management, namely: (a) Strategy for achieving vision, mission and goals; (b) Strength of Planning Consistency; (c) Strengthening team collaboration; (4) Risk Management; and (5) the effectiveness of monitoring and evaluating the achievement of goals and the realization of effective schools.

Experience shapes non-linearities between team behavioral interdependence, team collaboration, and performance in massively multiplayer online games

This paper examines quantitative predictors of team performance in Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) based on team management literature. Analyzing data from more than 140,000 squad-mode matches involving over 500,000 players, we replicate and extend existing research by confirming a curvilinear association between behavioral interdependence and team performance and introduce the moderating effect of experience. For less experienced teams, behavioral interdependence follows an inverted U-shaped pattern showing that excessive collaboration may be counterproductive. However, this is not the case for experienced teams, where the relationship is fairly linear. Additionally, we observe that riskier teams tend to perform worse. Moreover, our research also highlights the potential of e-sports data in advancing behavioral science and management research. The digital nature of e-sports datasets, characterized by size and granularity, mitigates concerns related to reproducibility, replicability, and generalizability in social science research, offering a cost-effective platform for scholars with diverse backgrounds.

Platform Design of Passive Target Perception and Localization Based on Sensor Networks

With the rapid development, extensive knowledge, and diverse application scenarios of target perception and positioning technology in sensor networks, a passive target perception and localization platform based on Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) has been designed. The platform is mainly applied for the teaching of electronic information, communication, and Internet of Things (IoT) engineering. The platform follows the teaching concept of “developing students’ ability to solve complex engineering problems” in the emerging engineering discipline and combines experimental simulation with real-world testing, as well as integrating scientific research and teaching. It encompasses technical elements such as perception and localization theory, sparse representation classification modeling, solving underdetermined equations, data analysis, and sparse coding, as well as nontechnical aspects such as team collaboration and cost budgeting. The platform boasts high fidelity and scalability, providing students with the opportunity to develop comprehensive practical and innovative skills in solving complex engineering problems.

Reflection on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a community specialist palliative care nurse team.

A global COVID-19 pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization in March 2020. To explore COVID-19's impact on one specialist community palliative care nurse (SCPCN) team 8 months after the first COVID-19 wave in the UK. The Gibbs Reflective Cycle was used. This SCPCN team described the COVID-19 pandemic as the most difficult and challenging time experienced at work, due to the increased workload and having to provide unsustainable levels of support for patients and their families. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic's significant demands on community palliative care, the SCPCN team was able to adapt accordingly. This resulted in an increasingly collaborative, reflexive, responsive, skilled and resilient team, proud of the personalised support offered to patients, their families and to other services.

RANCANG BANGUN SISTEM INFORMASI SAPU BERSIH PUNGUTAN LIAR DI KABUPATEN CIAMIS MENGGUNAKAN METODE EXTREME PROGRAMMING

Abstract. Illegal levies are a troubling problem in various sectors of Indonesian society, including in Ciamis District. Although the Illegal Levy Task Force has been formed, obstacles in reporting cases are a serious challenge. This research aims to design an Information System for the Clean Sweep of Illegal Levies (SIBERLI) in Ciamis District using Extreme Programming (XP). XP was chosen because it emphasizes team collaboration and adaptability, according to the needs of handling complex illegal levy cases. The results of Black-box Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) show the system is worth 100% and the system works efficiently based on the quality of the solution to solve the problem. It is hoped that SIBERLI can help facilitate the public in reporting cases of illegal levies, increase the effectiveness of handling, and increase local revenue.