Paper Info
Title
A demands-resources model of work pressure in IT student task groups
Abstract
This paper presents an initial test of the group task demands-resources (GTD-R) model of group task performance among IT students. We theorize that demands and resources in group work influence formation of perceived group work pressure (GWP) and that heightened levels of GWP inhibit group task performance. A prior study identified 11 factors relating to the task, group, individual, or environment as source factors to GWP. We extended this research by creating and validating scales for each source factor within an integrated GWP instrument. We then applied the instrument in an initial test of the GTD-R model. Results show the GTD-R model provides good predictions of GWP and group task performance. In addition we find GWP, task complexity, and time pressure factors to be higher in IT tasks vs. non-IT tasks described by our student participants. The findings extend demands-resources research from its prior focus on job burnout and exhaustion in individual tasks to incorporate less-intense pressure levels and group task contexts.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1016/j.compedu.2010.02.006
Computers & Education
Keywords
Field
DocType
group work pressure,motivation,initial test,task complexity,interpersonal conflict,group task performance,group task demands-resources,it student task group,consequences,group work influence formation,source factor,it task,individual task,time pressure,group task context,gtd-r model,demands-resources model,task difficulty,test validity,burnout,computer science education,group dynamics,information technology,task analysis
Social psychology,Work environment,Task analysis,Information technology,Group work,Psychology,Knowledge management,Burnout,Test validity,Applied psychology
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
55
1
Computers & Education
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.36
31
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
E. Vance Wilson137235.76
Steven D. Sheetz221624.36