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Achieving desirable group‐work outcomes through the group allocation process

Phil Kelly (Liverpool Business School, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK)

Team Performance Management

ISSN: 1352-7592

Article publication date: 7 March 2008

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to consider how to form and compose work‐groups for teaching and learning in diverse classrooms comprising internationally mobile students.

Design/methodology/approach

This study uses survey data from 150 MBA students from 25 countries.

Findings

The way members are allocated to a group impacts on both affective and performance outcomes.

Originality/value

For educators and trainers, these results emphasize the importance of group allocation and composition methods for affective and performance outcomes.

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Citation

Kelly, P. (2008), "Achieving desirable group‐work outcomes through the group allocation process", Team Performance Management, Vol. 14 No. 1/2, pp. 22-38. https://doi.org/10.1108/13527590810860186

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2008, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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