In accordance with our sixth ethical and practical principle, we want to ensure that if you use GDQ you have access to knowledge derived from research in the field of team development. Download texts, articles and our presentations from the annual GDQ seminar via our knowledge bank. Use these free of charge to develop your own knowledge. Please remember to cite the source if you use them in other contexts. There are also links to books that we have co-authored that are available for purchase.
Books
Teams in the spotlight – Mette Sandahl, Mattias Wihlborg, Christian Jacobsson and Maria Åkerlund.
Loggbok för teamutveckling (free of charge)
Tools from Teams in the spotlight – Mette Sandahl, Mattias Wihlborg, Christian Jacobsson and Maria Åkerlund.
Teamutveckling i teori och praktik – Christian Jacobsson and Maria Åkerlund.
Creating effective teams – A guide for members and leaders – Susan A Wheelan, Maria Åkerlund and Christian Jacobsson.
Articles
Gren, L,. Jacobsson, C. (2024). From Group Psychology to Software Engineering Research to Automotive R&D: Measuring Team Development at Volvo Cars DOI 10.1109/SEAA64295.2024.00072
Gren, L., Pettersson, N. (2024). Investigating Team Maturity in an Agile Automotive Reorganization. DOI 10.1109/SEAA64295.2024.00042
Gren, L,. Jacobsson, C., Rydbo, N. & Lenberg, P (preprint). The Group Development Questionnaire Short (GDQS) Scales: Tiny-Yet-Effective Measures of Team/Small Group Development. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/u3p8c
Gren, L. Goldman, A. & Jacobsson C. (2019). The perceived effects of group developmental psychology training on agile software development teams. IEEE Software. doi.org/10.1109/MS.2019.2955675
Gren, L. Goldman, A. & Jacobsson C. (2019). Agile Ways of Working: A Team Maturity Perspective. Journal of Software: Evolution and Process. doi.org/10.1002/smr.2244
Jacobsson, C. & Wramsten Wilmar, M. (2019). Group Processes – The Links between Team Climate Inventory and Group Development Questionnaire. Clinical and Experimental Psychology. 5(2).
Jacobsson, C., Låstad, L. & Wramsten Wilmar, M. (2018). HSO Managers Spokesperson Self-Efficacy (SSE) when Meeting the Media. Clinical and Experimental Psychology. 4(3).
Team – Lagarbete – i dagens arbetsliv (Swedish article by Maria Åkerlund). This article is featured with the permission from Norstedts Juridik, who publish the magazine.
HSO Managers Spokesperson Self-Efficacy (SSE) when Meeting the Media by Christian Jacobsson, Lena Låstad & Maria Wramsten Wilmar (2018) in Clin Exp Psychol 4: 198. doi: 10.4172/2471-2701.1000198
Group Processes – The Links between Team Climate Inventory and Group Development Questionnaire by Christian Jacobsson & Maria Wramsten Wilmar (2019) in Clin Exp Psychol 5: 210
Christian Jacobsson on developing high performing teams at Volvo Group by Volvo Group Magazine 3.2018
Leadership – a team process developed through context awareness by Maria Åkerlund in Scandinavian Journal of Organizational Psychology
GDQ at IKEA by Swedish Personal&Ledarskap number 11, 2015
Teacher Team Effectiveness and Teacher’s Well-being by Christian Jacobsson and Maria Åkerlund
A Descriptive Study of Work Groups in the Swedish and U.S. Economy by Susan Wheelan and Christian Jacobsson
Consultants’ versus Managers’ – Perceptions of a Group Development Intervention Program by Christian Jacobsson
The Links Between Group Development and Health in Manufacturing Industry by Christian Jacobsson
Interview with Christian Jacobsson by Sunt Arbetsliv (article in Swedish)
Chefen i fokus – Lätt att leken spårar ut (Swedish article with Christian Jacobsson)
Media
Christian Jacobsson participates in the podcast Fråga Forskaren (in Swedish) – the theme: Collaboration in cross-functional teams and groups.
Christian Jacobsson participates at the event ”Ledarskap i politiskt styrda organisationer – ett möte mellan forskning och praktik” organised by Public Partner (in Swedish).
Maria Åkerlund interviewed by SSRS Chefspodden (in Swedish) – Theme: how to lead a team
Maria Åkerlund holds a lecture at Akademikerförbundet SSR (in Swedish) – Theme: Teams in the spotlight
Maria Åkerlund speaks on Jason Wick’s podcast Leadership Voyage – the theme: Teams
Maria Åkerlund participates in the podcast Jaget, jobbet och livet (in Swedish) – Theme: Focus on the team
Presentations from our seminar 2024-09-19
Presentations from our seminar 2023-09-21
Presentations from our seminar 2022-09-22
Presentations from our seminar 2021-09-14
Presentations from our seminar 2020-09-15
Presentations from our seminar 2019-09-26
Presentations from our seminar 2018-09-26
Presentations from our seminar 2017-09-26
Summary of our launch-party in Stockholm 2017-03-21
Presentations from our seminar 2016-09-28
GDQ Associates slideshow (translation into English will be coming soon)
Developing high performing teams at the Volvo Group in partnership with GDQ Associates