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The Effect of Team Leader Characteristics on Learning, Knowledge Application, and Performance of Cross‐Functional New Product Development Teams
Author(s) -
Sarin Shikhar,
McDermott Christopher
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
decision sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.238
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1540-5915
pISSN - 0011-7315
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5414.2003.02350.x
Subject(s) - knowledge management , new product development , affect (linguistics) , business , product (mathematics) , team learning , leadership style , position (finance) , team effectiveness , psychology , computer science , marketing , cooperative learning , social psychology , mathematics education , communication , teaching method , finance , open learning , geometry , mathematics
This study examines how leadership characteristics in new product development teams affect the learning, knowledge application, and subsequently the performance of these teams. Using data from a study of 229 members from 52 high‐tech new product projects, we empirically demonstrate that team learning has a strong positive effect on the innovativeness and speed to market of the new products. Moreover, a democratic leadership style, initiation of goal structure by the team leader, and his or her position within the organization were positively related to team learning. Managerial implications of these results are discussed.