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Reviewing the importance of diversity in high performance teams / Azlyn Ahmad Zawawi and Aizzat Mohd. Nasurdin

High performance teams are essential to organizational functioning and even more when the members are diverse in terms of background, knowledge and skills. Team diversity impacts team performance as it inculcates variation of ideas, induces creativity, stimulates brainstorming, and reduces stereoty...

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Main Authors: Zawawi, Azlyn Ahmad, Mohd. Nasurdin, Aizzat
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah 2018
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Work groups. Teams in the workplace
Globalization
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spelling my.uitm.ir.325852020-07-16T04:49:48Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32585/ Reviewing the importance of diversity in high performance teams / Azlyn Ahmad Zawawi and Aizzat Mohd. Nasurdin Zawawi, Azlyn Ahmad Mohd. Nasurdin, Aizzat Work groups. Teams in the workplace Globalization High performance teams are essential to organizational functioning and even more when the members are diverse in terms of background, knowledge and skills. Team diversity impacts team performance as it inculcates variation of ideas, induces creativity, stimulates brainstorming, and reduces stereotypes and group bias. Besides, with team diversity, team members are able to value differences in terms of members’ background, views, and perspectives. Extant review of the literature suggests that diversity is pivotal to performance, thus, this paper aims to review the importance of team diversity on high performance teams. The concept of high performance teams is discussed in this paper, along with scholarly definition of team and team types. It is concluded that team diversity plays a critical role in the success of high performance teams. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32585/1/AJ_AZLYN%20AHMAD%20ZAWAWI%20VOA%20K%2018.pdf Zawawi, Azlyn Ahmad and Mohd. Nasurdin, Aizzat (2018) Reviewing the importance of diversity in high performance teams / Azlyn Ahmad Zawawi and Aizzat Mohd. Nasurdin. Voice of Academia (VOA), 13 (2). pp. 64-70. ISSN 1985-5079 https://voa.uitm.edu.my/
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topic Work groups. Teams in the workplace
Globalization
spellingShingle Work groups. Teams in the workplace
Globalization
Zawawi, Azlyn Ahmad
Mohd. Nasurdin, Aizzat
Reviewing the importance of diversity in high performance teams / Azlyn Ahmad Zawawi and Aizzat Mohd. Nasurdin
description High performance teams are essential to organizational functioning and even more when the members are diverse in terms of background, knowledge and skills. Team diversity impacts team performance as it inculcates variation of ideas, induces creativity, stimulates brainstorming, and reduces stereotypes and group bias. Besides, with team diversity, team members are able to value differences in terms of members’ background, views, and perspectives. Extant review of the literature suggests that diversity is pivotal to performance, thus, this paper aims to review the importance of team diversity on high performance teams. The concept of high performance teams is discussed in this paper, along with scholarly definition of team and team types. It is concluded that team diversity plays a critical role in the success of high performance teams.
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title Reviewing the importance of diversity in high performance teams / Azlyn Ahmad Zawawi and Aizzat Mohd. Nasurdin
title_short Reviewing the importance of diversity in high performance teams / Azlyn Ahmad Zawawi and Aizzat Mohd. Nasurdin
title_full Reviewing the importance of diversity in high performance teams / Azlyn Ahmad Zawawi and Aizzat Mohd. Nasurdin
title_fullStr Reviewing the importance of diversity in high performance teams / Azlyn Ahmad Zawawi and Aizzat Mohd. Nasurdin
title_full_unstemmed Reviewing the importance of diversity in high performance teams / Azlyn Ahmad Zawawi and Aizzat Mohd. Nasurdin
title_sort reviewing the importance of diversity in high performance teams / azlyn ahmad zawawi and aizzat mohd. nasurdin
publisher Universiti Teknologi MARA, Kedah
publishDate 2018
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32585/1/AJ_AZLYN%20AHMAD%20ZAWAWI%20VOA%20K%2018.pdf
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https://voa.uitm.edu.my/
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