Abstract
Analysing the within-group agreement: An application to evaluate the culture of work teams. The aim of the present study is to analyse which of the indexes, the James et al.'s (1984) or the Lindell et al.'s (1999), widely used in the literature, is the best to evaluate the within-group agreement. Two studies were realized for such purpose. The variable that was thought to evaluate the within-group agreement was the culture of the work teams. Applying the methodology and the criteria used by Eby et al. (1999), both studies demonstrated that Lindell's index is a more valid and appropriate strategy to assess within-group agreement for multi-item scales than James et al.'s index. Implications for future research and methods for studying teams are discussed.
