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Roads project: The relationship between team roles and their performance

Abstract:

Belbin's role survey is one of the most used to estimate people's preferred roles when working as a team. This tool has no conclusive results when compared to team performance. Therefore, this research aimed to analyze the relationship between a balanced team based on Belbin's role survey and its performance. Two groups of students participated A (n = 41) and B (n = 25), who took the subject of road project in the Civil Engineering major. The subject was given online due to restrictions by COVID-19. As a result, no relationship was found between the balance of the team's roles and their grades; however, relationships were found between the team grades and the average values of the roles of coordinator and specialist, and three equations were calibrated. In addition, it proposes a new way of distributing students in a team. The study deepens the relationship between Belbin's roles and performance as a team, which will help teachers that are interested in the students developing teamwork skills.