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Abstract: Preferred team role composition is said to influence team work
effectiveness and communication patterns within teams. It is often recommended
to balance team members in terms of socio-emotional and task-oriented preferred
roles. However results obtained during this study indicate that there might
not be such a possibility in the managerial environment. Hereby we present case
studies of two extremely unbalanced teams in terms of socio-emotional and
task-oriented role preference and its relationship with communication patterns in
teamwork effectiveness. As suggested by literature, neither of these extremities
is fully beneficial in terms of game play results. However it seems that a team
consisting of only task-oriented participants performed better than purely
socio-emotional oriented team. The first part of this article summarizes theoretical
background and outlines the method used in this study. In the second part
we present case studies of chosen unbalanced teams with in-depth analysis of
their communication patterns.