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. 2017 Jan 13;12(1):e0169604. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169604

Table 2. Summary Results of Interventions Assessing the Effects of Teamwork Training on Team Performance.

Study Relative Weight Effect Size (SE) 95% CI (lower, upper) Z-value p-value ES with intervention removed
Beck-Jones 2004 [41] a 2.16 .502 (.18) .35, 1.04 3.91 < .001 0.93
        b 2.15 .902 (.18) .33, 1.30 3.83 < .001 0.92
Bjornberg 2014 [9] 2.24 .466 (.16) .15, .78 2.91 .004 0.93
Brannick 2005 [5] 2.20 .237 (.21) -.17, .64 1.15 .249 0.94
Brown 2003 [62] 2.25 .267 (.15) -.02, .56 1.80 .072 0.94
Buller 1986 [63] a 1.33 1.435 (.77) -0.08, 2.95 1.86 .063 0.91
      b* 1.11 3.72 (.94) 1.88, 5.56 3.96 < .001 0.89
      C 1.46 1.58 (.69) .23, 2.94 2.30 .022 0.91
Bushe 1995 [43] a* 1.67 4.57 (.56) 3.47, 5.66 8.19 < .001 0.86
      b* 1.47 5.96 (.68) 4.63, 7.29 8.75 < .001 0.84
Cannon-Bowers 1998 [64] 2.22 .46 (.19) .09, .82 2.45 .014 0.93
Chang 2008 [65] 2.04 1.344 (.33) .70, 1.99 4.09 < .001 0.91
Dalenberg 2009 [45] 2.24 .653 (.16) .34, .97 4.06 < .001 0.93
Dibble 2010 [47] 2.29 .181 (.09) .01, .36 2.04 .042 0.94
Entin 1999 [50] 1.92 .927 (.41) .13, 1.72 2.88 .022 0.92
Fandt 1990 [66] 2.25 .095 (.15) -.19, .38 0.65 .518 0.94
Green 1994 [52] a 1.67 .655 (.56) -.44, 1.75 1.17 .243 0.92
      b 1.62 1.212 (.59) .05, 2.37 2.05 .040 0.91
Haslam 2009–1 [67] a 2.08 .223 (.30) -.37, .82 0.73 .464 0.93
        b 2.06 .690 (.31) .07, 1.31 2.20 .028 0.92
Haslam 2009–2 [67] a 2.02 .941 (.34) .27, 1.61 2.76 .006 0.92
        b 2.04 .610 (.33) -.03, 1.25 1.87 .062 0.93
        c 2.02 .957 (.35) .28, 1.63 2.78 .005 0.92
        d 2.03 .963 (.34) .31, 1.62 2.87 .004 0.92
Ikomi 1999 [68] 2.06 1.008 (.32) .39, 1.63 3.18 .001 0.92
Jankouskas 2010 [7] 1.86 -.173 (.44) -1.04, .70 -0.39 .696 0.94
Jarrett 2012 [69] a 2.22 .243 (.19) -.12, .61 1.31 .191 0.94
      b 2.21 .834 (.19) .46, 1.21 4.34 < .001 0.92
      c 2.22 .358 (.19) -.01, .72 1.92 .055 0.93
      d 2.21 .940 (.19) .56, 1.32 4.84 < .001 0.92
Kring 2005 [70] a 2.00 .062 (.36) -.64, .76 0.17 .862 0.94
      b 2.00 -.092 (.36) -.79, .61 -0.26 .795 0.94
Longenecker 1994 [71] 2.03 1.89 (.33) 1.24, 2.54 5.66 < .001 0.90
Morey 2002 [3]* 2.29 2.781 (.09) 2.61, 2.95 31.51 < .001 0.80
Padmo Putri 2012 [6] 2.23 .542 (.17) .21, .87 3.21 .001 0.93
Rapp 2007 [56] 2.12 .254 (.27) -.28, .79 0.93 .353 0.93
Schurig 2013 [72] a 2.26 .513 (.27) -.02, 1.05 1.88 .061 0.93
        b 2.26 .688 (.28) .15, 1.23 2.49 .013 0.93
Siegel 1973 [73] 1.99 .594 (.36) -.11, 1.30 1.64 .100 0.93
Sikorski 2012 [74] 2.26 .272 (.14) -.01, .56 1.89 .059 0.94
Smith-Jentsch 2008 [4]* 1.91 3.729 (.41) 2.92, 4.54 9.07 < .001 0.86
Smith-Jentsch 1996 [75] a 1.74 .206 (.52) -.81, 1.22 0.40 .690 0.93
            b 1.74 .025 (.52) -.99, 1.04 0.05 .961 0.94
            c 1.71 .901 (.54) -.15, 1.95 1.68 .092 0.92
Stout 1997 [76] 2.04 .984 (.33) .34, 1.63 3.00 .003 0.92
Villado 2013 [16] 2.19 .834 (.22) .41, 1.36 3.88 < .001 0.92
Volpe 1996 [59] 2.16 .877 (.24) .28, 1.12 3.70 < .001 0.92
Wegge 2005 [77] a 1.91 1.004 (.41) .19, 1.81 2.44 .015 0.92
      b 1.90 .682 (.42) -.14, 1.50 1.64 .102 0.92
      c 1.95 .487 (.39) -.28, 1.25 1.25 .212 0.93
OVERALL 100 .919 (.14) .65, 1.19 6.72 <0.001

Note. a, b, c, d = intervention groups within study; SE = standard error; CI = confidence interval; ES = effect size.

* = Study identified as an outlier and removed from subsequent moderator analyses.

The final column marked ‘ES with study removed’ indicates the results of the sensitivity analysis for each respective intervention.