Also, he gave each of the eight-team roles a name and a descriptive term. In addition, he based the categorisation of roles on personality tests, critical thinking ability, and a behavioural checklist. After nine-year research on team development and performance with management teams participating in an executive management exercise, he proposed a model.įollowing the preliminary research, Belbin proposed eight-team roles in 1981. In his team role theory, Belbin concentrated on how roles arise, alter, and interact with other patterns of behaviour across time.
Raymond Meredith Belbin is a British researcher who has pioneered work in team performance.
