DO TEAM MEMBERS NEED TO KNOW HOW TO FUNCTION AS A TEAM? THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEAMWORK KNOWLEDGE AND TEAMWORK BEHAVIOR

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of having teamwork knowledge on teamwork behavior. This relationship was examined across all team members and also for the most critical team member (i.e., core role holder). This study utilized the Teamwork SJT scale to measure teamwork knowledge, and CATME-B, Individual Performance Measure, Transition Teamwork, and Teamwork Questionnaire to measure teamwork behavior. Multilevel regression and correlation analyses were conducted to examine the main hypotheses. In general, the results indicated that having teamwork knowledge did not have an impact on individual teamwork behavior or team-level teamwork behavior. Only core member’s Teamwork SJT scores, specifically, showed a positive relationship with observer-rated teamwork performance scores. Overall, the findings suggested that Teamwork SJT not be used for selection due to its low criterion validity, in spite of its good construct validity.