The perceived success of teambuilding interventions in South African organisations

Abstract

In the wake of the importance attached to teams, teamwork and teambuilding in modern organisational life, this study reports on whether participants perceive teambuilding interventions as successful or unsuccessful, and reports on the relationship between respondent characteristics and the perception of teambuilding success. These aims were examined in two phases, namely by developing ten hypotheses and by testing these hypotheses. Hypotheses were stated in the positive, namely that a relationship exists between the identified variables and perceptions of teambuilding success, and the non-parametric Chi-square test was used to test the relationships between variables. Thtee hypotheses were accepted, namely: there is a relationship between the respondent's level in the organisation and perception of teambuilding success; there is a relationship between the type of event and perception of teambuilding success; and there is a relationship between the facilitator affiliation and perception of teambuilding success.