Teamwork in business students: Attitude is the key

• Autores: Araya-Pizarro, Sebastián, Varas-Madrid, Carlos, Rojas-Escobar, Luperfina
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2024
• Institución: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
• Lenguaje: español; inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.revistas.upc.edu.pe:article/1763
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.upc.edu.pe/index.php/docencia/article/view/1763
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: trabalho em equipe; atitude acadêmica; atitude socioafetiva; ensino superior; administração; teamwork; academic attitude; socio-affective attitude; higher education; management; trabajo en equipo; actitud académica; actitud socioafectiva; educación superior; administración

Introduction: Currently, teamwork is considered a key factor for achieving organizational results, and therefore it is recognized as a fundamental skill in the education of university students of the business field. Objective: To analyze the propensity and attitude towards teamwork in business students from a Chilean university. Method: The study with a quantitative approach, non-experimental design and descriptive-transversal type, used the survey (n=215) as a data collection technique, whose questionnaire was based on the work of Mendo-Lázaro et al. (2017) for the measurement of attitudes towards teamwork (CACTE). The collected data were examined using a descriptive, inferential and multivariate statistical analysis (binary logistic regression). Results: It was found that the students prefer to work collectively; and that academic and socio-affective attitudes have a significant impact on their predilection. Therefore, it is concluded that in order to improve the intention to work in a team, it is essential to attend to the student’s attitudinal component.