Grupparbete och roller: en kvantitativ studie om socionomstudenters inställning till grupparbete på Lunds universitet
(2024) SOPB63 20241School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The ability to cooperate and function well within a group context is vital within several different facets of the practicing social worker. Studies have shown that students' attitudes towards group assignments may later carry over toward their professional careers, which when negative may affect their ability to operate within a career that is largely dependent on both inter-organisational cooperation as well as cross-governmental cooperation efforts. This quantitative study aimed to research what kind of attitudes regarding group work are present within the social work students of Lund University to determine whether they feel positively or negatively regarding working together with other students in a group context. The study used Benne... (More)
- The ability to cooperate and function well within a group context is vital within several different facets of the practicing social worker. Studies have shown that students' attitudes towards group assignments may later carry over toward their professional careers, which when negative may affect their ability to operate within a career that is largely dependent on both inter-organisational cooperation as well as cross-governmental cooperation efforts. This quantitative study aimed to research what kind of attitudes regarding group work are present within the social work students of Lund University to determine whether they feel positively or negatively regarding working together with other students in a group context. The study used Benne and Sheats's (1948) theory about group roles and utilized their remarks on so-called “task roles” and “self-centered roles” as their theoretical basis. The study utilized an online survey which was distributed to every student currently studying the social work program at Lunds University as its method to gather empirical data. The study found that social work students have ambivalent ideas regarding group work, where 64% of responders cited that they have an overall positive experience of group work, but where approximately 67% of the same respondents answered that they would rather work individually than in a group setting based on their previous experiences of group work. In analyzing the mean value of the cumulated responses the study found that students overall had an attitude rating of 2.8 out of 5, which indicates that students have an overall positive attitude towards group work. Further analysis showed a marginal, but not significant, positive correlation between an individual's attitude towards group work and the way a person identifies with the “self-centered roles”. Furthermore, the study found that there is a marginal, but not significant, negative correlation between an individual's attitude towards group work and the way a person identifies with the “task roles”. (Less)
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- author
- Berggren Möller, Love LU and Qvillberg, Manne LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPB63 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- group work, student attitudes, group roles, social work, teamwork
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9158808
- date added to LUP
- 2024-06-07 12:22:14
- date last changed
- 2024-06-07 12:22:14
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abstract = {{The ability to cooperate and function well within a group context is vital within several different facets of the practicing social worker. Studies have shown that students' attitudes towards group assignments may later carry over toward their professional careers, which when negative may affect their ability to operate within a career that is largely dependent on both inter-organisational cooperation as well as cross-governmental cooperation efforts. This quantitative study aimed to research what kind of attitudes regarding group work are present within the social work students of Lund University to determine whether they feel positively or negatively regarding working together with other students in a group context. The study used Benne and Sheats's (1948) theory about group roles and utilized their remarks on so-called “task roles” and “self-centered roles” as their theoretical basis. The study utilized an online survey which was distributed to every student currently studying the social work program at Lunds University as its method to gather empirical data. The study found that social work students have ambivalent ideas regarding group work, where 64% of responders cited that they have an overall positive experience of group work, but where approximately 67% of the same respondents answered that they would rather work individually than in a group setting based on their previous experiences of group work. In analyzing the mean value of the cumulated responses the study found that students overall had an attitude rating of 2.8 out of 5, which indicates that students have an overall positive attitude towards group work. Further analysis showed a marginal, but not significant, positive correlation between an individual's attitude towards group work and the way a person identifies with the “self-centered roles”. Furthermore, the study found that there is a marginal, but not significant, negative correlation between an individual's attitude towards group work and the way a person identifies with the “task roles”.}},
author = {{Berggren Möller, Love and Qvillberg, Manne}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Grupparbete och roller: en kvantitativ studie om socionomstudenters inställning till grupparbete på Lunds universitet}},
year = {{2024}},
}