SDCA Asia-Pacific Multidisciplinary Research Journal

Abstract

Individuals who exhibit an optimistic mindset have good entrepreneurial skills in terms of team effectiveness. Optimism refers to the individual’s positive outlook on life that may influence their personality and behavior which involve life skills and competencies. In entrepreneurship, team effectiveness is an essential entrepreneurial skill that may affect the outcome of work productivity. This study aims to determine if optimism relates to skills and competencies. It specifically assesses whether the optimism level of an individual correlates with their level of team effectiveness skill. The study employed a quantitative research method, particularly descriptive-correlational. In order to assess the hypothesis that optimism level relates to the level of team effectiveness skill, an online survey questionnaire was disseminated to students of Lourdes College, Inc. located in Cagayan de Oro City. Participants were purposely sampled such that respondents were only taken from the Grade 12 Accountancy, Business, and Management students. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive, and inferential statistics utilizing the mean and Spearman Rank-Order Correlation, respectively. The results showed a positive relationship between the optimism and team effectiveness skill of the participants, and significant p values in favor of the alternative hypothesis. These findings suggest that individuals who have higher optimism are more entrepreneurially skilled in terms of team effectiveness. With this premise, the development of individual optimism should be taken into consideration when developing team effectiveness skill.

Keywords: Optimism. Entrepreneurial skill. Team effectiveness. ABM.