TEAM PERFORMANCE AND HUMAN-VALUES

In the field of management the values, attitudes, and beliefs of indiv iduals are significant indicators of high performance and corporate su ccess. What has not been widely shown is that, in the context of work teams, the sharing of values, attitudes, and beliefs are also related to high performance, although there appears to be tacit agreement amon g writers on the subject of team work that this is so. A study was und ertaken to provide evidence by resting the hypothesis that team perfor mance is positively influenced by the extent to which values are share d amongst the members of the team. Kendall's W was calculated for the values of 10 teams, and, within the constraints of the experiment, sig nificant correlations supported the hypothesis; however, confirmatory studies are also required.