Teamnivå

Teamnivå is Swedish for "team level" and refers to the level of analysis focused on teams as social units within an organization or context. It considers phenomena that emerge from the interaction of team members rather than from individuals in isolation, and is distinct from the individual level and the organizational level. At the team level, researchers and practitioners study processes such as communication, coordination, decision-making, conflict resolution, and social dynamics, as well as emergent states like trust, psychological safety, shared mental models, and team efficacy.

Key concepts include team composition, roles, leadership, and structure, along with team processes and performance outcomes. Measurements often involve aggregating individual responses to the team level, complemented by direct team observations and objective performance metrics. Statistical techniques for justification of aggregation include interrater agreement (rwg) and intraclass correlations (ICC1, ICC2).

Applications span management, human resources, and sports. In agile and project teams, teamnivå analysis helps improve coordination, adaptability, and overall performance. It also supports cross-level research examining how individual skills and attitudes combine to shape team outcomes and how team dynamics influence organizational results.

Challenges include small sample sizes at the team level, ensuring valid aggregation, avoiding ecological fallacies, and disentangling team-level effects from individual- or organization-level effects.

See also: team performance, group dynamics, organizational behavior, cross-level analysis.