Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
6-2010
Abstract
In this study we examine the association between accounting students’ lone wolf tendencies and their perceptions of the usefulness of team work, team interaction behaviors, and team performance. While prior studies find that students generally perceive positive benefits from engaging in team work, our study finds that students with greater lone wolf tendencies perceive fewer benefits from engaging in team work. We also find that during team interactions, teams with a greater proportion of students with higher lone wolf tendencies experience less team commitment and team leadership. Further, such teams rate the outcome of their project negatively, although, there is no significant association with the project marks earned by these teams. We discuss the implications of our findings and suggest directions for future research.
Keywords
Lone wolf tendencies, Team interaction behaviors, Team work
Discipline
Accounting | Education | Higher Education
Research Areas
Corporate Reporting and Disclosure
Publication
Journal of Accounting Education
Volume
28
Issue
2
First Page
75
Last Page
84
ISSN
0748-5751
Identifier
10.1016/j.jaccedu.2011.03.004
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
GOWRI-SHANKAR, Premila and SEOW, Jean Lin.
The association between accounting students' lone wolf tendencies and their perceptions, preferences and performance outcomes in team projects. (2010). Journal of Accounting Education. 28, (2), 75-84.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/847
Copyright Owner and License
Authors
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccedu.2011.03.004