Industrial psychologist Sherwin Ignatius Chia discusses the importance of collective gifts in expressing team bonds and the benefits of belonging to a cohesive team.
Manpower reporter Tay Hong Yi offers practical answers to candid questions on navigating workplace challenges and getting ahead in your career. Get more tips by signing up to A collective gift is a gesture that can let individual team members express the bond they feel with one another, says industrial psychologist Sherwin Ignatius Chia.
Dr Chia, who heads the human resource management programme at the S R Nathan School of Human Development in the Singapore University of Social Sciences, notes: “Being part of a cohesive team helps to fulfil an individual’s need to belong, which is a part of human nature. “Members who belong in a team can experience higher satisfaction and adjustment which can help to reduce stress at work.”“If this behaviour is highly expected by the team, then it may be difficult to reject such obligations, as this might result in being rejected by the team,” Dr Chia say
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