Role of Personality Traits on Team Cohesion and Team Effectiveness - An organizational case study

Abstract

Purpose: The objective of the study is primarily concerned with team performance getting affected with members’ personality traits. This study is conducted by analyzing the members for their personalities affecting team cohesion and effectiveness.

Approach: A structured questionnaire measuring personality and team effectiveness were administered to 100 employees of various retail stores of TITAN Company Limited in the Western zone of India. The retail store outlets included units selling products such as Eyewear, Jewelry and Watches of TITAN. A 5-point Likert scale has been used for quantification of the responses to be collected.

Findings: Traits like introversion, extroversion, openness, confidence building are some of the traits that are majorly affecting the team cohesion. Another aspect that was found is that these traits also affect the productivity of the employee.

Implications: The impact of personality traits on a specific group is self-evident. In any case, it's not satisfactory how the association among character and group cohesiveness stirs that end up in group execution. This examination assists with looking out an improved understanding into that relationship by displaying that specific character attributes can change the group condition. Until this point in time, a comprehension of how qualities of character impacts group cohesiveness will support directors and pioneers to encourage group achievement and recognize which of those are basic to their exhibition.