On the Usefulness of Personality Profile in Effective Group Functioning

Project Title

On the Usefulness of Personality Profile in Effective Group Functioning

Project Leader

Prof Michelle Yik

School / Dept

SHSS / SOSC

Project Duration

Aug 2006 - Dec 2007

Project Description

Group work is an integral component of many university courses that constitutes important action learning experience for students. One nagging issue is how the groups should be formed so that they are functional to accomplishing group projects. Should students be allowed to form groups by themselves? Alternatively, would there be any guidelines based on which instructors could use to form functioning groups? The project compared the effectiveness of two methods of grouping students in accomplishing group projects. They were grouping on voluntary basis and grouping based on similarity of personality profiles.

Project Outcome

• Paper:

1. “Working Together: How Useful is Personality in Contributing to Group Performance?” Paper presented at the Third Teaching & Learning Symposium, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (December 2007).

2. “On the Emotional Core of Students’ Academic Achievement: The Role of Negative Affectivity.” Paper presented at the Korean Association of Psychological and Social Issues, Korea, “Asia’s Educational Miracle: Psychological, Social and Cultural Perspectives” (October 2006)

• Publication:
  Yik, M. Relating Personality to Group Performance: The Mediating Effect of Task Focus.

Status

Completed

Project Documents
(Only accessible by HKUST users)

• Project Plan
• Progress Report: First | Second |
• Final Report

Adaptation

Full Project