He further argues that the original BTRSPI included in the 1981 book was “a quick and useful way of intimating to readers what their roles might be” Relating to Furnham’s concerns of the derivation of the measure this would appear to be the case, however others have stated that the measure over the 30 years since its introduction has been empirically tested and gained support (Pritchard,1999) (Fisher,1996). This particular resource made the question of ipsative testing irrelevant as it included line manager input and could be organisation and role specific. He also indicated that Furnham had utilised an outdated version of the inventory and that the developed model “interplace” was in wide use. Further preferences could change over time given other circumstances and situations. Belbin responded to this criticism directly and stated “the BTRSPI as a self standing psychometric test does not exist” (Belbin, 1993b) He argues that Team Roles relate to observable behaviours not personality types, as such they are not fixed. This view is later supported by Fisher et al (1996) with particular concern in terms of the test–retest reliabilities of the test. a number of commercial organisations and management consultancies use it not only in training courses but in actual team building and development”(Furnham, 1993b) As such he argues that the reliability and validity of the test is questionable. This he argues is based on his observation of the use of the inventory “. It has also been argued that the role model is relevant to a static business environment but not so in times of rapid change and fluidity in business.įurnham’s work focuses on his concerns that the BTRSPI is taken and utilised as a psychometric test, which effectively allocates a role. In addition to Furnham’s observations, the definitions of the 8 roles and the construction of the team role model were questioned by Brouek and Randall (1996) and Fisher,Macrosson & Sharp(1996).
Thirdly he raised concern given the measure was neither theoretically nor empirically derived. He also questioned the way the questions were asked which could “easily lead to poor reliability”.
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