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Do differences make a difference? Understanding the dynamics of diversity in university community engagement workgroups

Community Engagement is prevalent in universities nowadays. Ideally, involvement in community engagement requires one to possess a strong teamwork spirit and skills to successfully achieve its goals. Addressing the issue of diversity in a team at workplace is crucial in the enhancement of teamwork...

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Main Authors: A Manaf, Aini Maznina, Ahmad, Zeti Azreen, Tengku Mohd Azzman, Tengku Siti Aisha
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
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Published: 2020
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H61.8 Communication of information
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spelling my.iium.irep.839282020-11-02T07:11:39Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/83928/ Do differences make a difference? Understanding the dynamics of diversity in university community engagement workgroups A Manaf, Aini Maznina Ahmad, Zeti Azreen Tengku Mohd Azzman, Tengku Siti Aisha H61.8 Communication of information Community Engagement is prevalent in universities nowadays. Ideally, involvement in community engagement requires one to possess a strong teamwork spirit and skills to successfully achieve its goals. Addressing the issue of diversity in a team at workplace is crucial in the enhancement of teamwork spirit. Increasing demographic changes in organisations require people of different backgrounds to work together on a daily basis. As a result, it is common for groups and teams in organisations to be composed of members of different backgrounds. In a higher educational institution, working with academics of various disciplines in a community engagement projects are common. However, little is known on the diversity experiences of academics who are involved in university community engagement (UCE) projects. As such, this study aims to explore how academics’ diversity in UCE teams promotes towards positive or negative working experiences in community engagement group projects. This study employed qualitative methodology. Interviews with researchers involved in community engagement projects of a university in Malaysia were carried out. 2020-09-03 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/83928/1/CORENA%202020%20_030920.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/83928/2/CORENA%20CERT%20PRESENTER%20-%20DR%20AINI%20MAZNINA.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/83928/3/AP.%20Dr.%20Aini%20Maznina%20CORENA%20Acceptance.pdf A Manaf, Aini Maznina and Ahmad, Zeti Azreen and Tengku Mohd Azzman, Tengku Siti Aisha (2020) Do differences make a difference? Understanding the dynamics of diversity in university community engagement workgroups. In: Communication Research Webinar (CORENA) 2020, 3rd September 2020, Kuala Lumpur (Online). (Unpublished)
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A Manaf, Aini Maznina
Ahmad, Zeti Azreen
Tengku Mohd Azzman, Tengku Siti Aisha
Do differences make a difference? Understanding the dynamics of diversity in university community engagement workgroups
description Community Engagement is prevalent in universities nowadays. Ideally, involvement in community engagement requires one to possess a strong teamwork spirit and skills to successfully achieve its goals. Addressing the issue of diversity in a team at workplace is crucial in the enhancement of teamwork spirit. Increasing demographic changes in organisations require people of different backgrounds to work together on a daily basis. As a result, it is common for groups and teams in organisations to be composed of members of different backgrounds. In a higher educational institution, working with academics of various disciplines in a community engagement projects are common. However, little is known on the diversity experiences of academics who are involved in university community engagement (UCE) projects. As such, this study aims to explore how academics’ diversity in UCE teams promotes towards positive or negative working experiences in community engagement group projects. This study employed qualitative methodology. Interviews with researchers involved in community engagement projects of a university in Malaysia were carried out.
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author A Manaf, Aini Maznina
Ahmad, Zeti Azreen
Tengku Mohd Azzman, Tengku Siti Aisha
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Ahmad, Zeti Azreen
Tengku Mohd Azzman, Tengku Siti Aisha
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title Do differences make a difference? Understanding the dynamics of diversity in university community engagement workgroups
title_short Do differences make a difference? Understanding the dynamics of diversity in university community engagement workgroups
title_full Do differences make a difference? Understanding the dynamics of diversity in university community engagement workgroups
title_fullStr Do differences make a difference? Understanding the dynamics of diversity in university community engagement workgroups
title_full_unstemmed Do differences make a difference? Understanding the dynamics of diversity in university community engagement workgroups
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publishDate 2020
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/83928/1/CORENA%202020%20_030920.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/83928/2/CORENA%20CERT%20PRESENTER%20-%20DR%20AINI%20MAZNINA.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/83928/3/AP.%20Dr.%20Aini%20Maznina%20CORENA%20Acceptance.pdf
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