Correlation between team identity and good meeting practices in interprofessional project teams

Abstract

In this article, the author examines the relationship between team identity and good meeting practices, as well as team identity and perceived professional diversity. Sixty-eight participants, civil servants working with urban planning at Swedish municipalities, participated by answering a survey. The findings indicate a positive medium effect between good meeting practices and team identity – that is, as one of the variables increases the other one increases as well. A weak negative correlation was additionally found between team identity and perceived professional diversity. As team identity and good meeting practices have been shown to improve efficiency, the results call on urban planners to be mindful of team identity and good meeting practices.