📋 Introduction
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Paper Title: Measuring Team Cohesion: Observations from the Science
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Year of Publication: 2015
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Journal: Human Factors
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Authors: Eduardo Salas (University of Central Florida), Rebecca Grossman (Hofstra University), Ashley M. Hughes (University of Central Florida), Chris W. Coultas (Leadership Worth Following, LLC)
Why this matters
For leaders working with teams, measuring and understanding team cohesion is crucial for performance, but the inconsistent ways cohesion has been defined and measured makes it challenging to know how to effectively assess and improve it in practice - this research provides clear, evidence-based guidance on the most effective approaches to measuring cohesion in real organizational settings.