Conversations as core to team experiences: A JIT measurement and mapping system to facilitate team directed learning and development

As conversations become increasingly significant in organizational and team research, the Team Learning and Development Inventory (TLI) is presented as an empirically valid group level model and method (ICCs: .2 to .4; rwgs: .76 to .96) that measures and maps out a team's complex experience along four major dimensions. The study also highlights the importance of a team's Openness Space as a relevant and significant construct. Analysis from the sample (541 individuals in 101 teams) show that a team's conversational space has strong and significant effects on Group Effectiveness (b= .65, p<.000), Member Satisfaction (B= .79, p<.000) and Psychological Safety (B= .76, p<.000). Its managerial/practical significance is also discussed.