Title :
A methodology for team effectiveness research
Author :
Van Aken, Eileen M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. & Syst. Eng., Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA, USA
Abstract :
The use of teams of many types as an organizational strategy has dramatically increased and frequently these teams include engineers and other technical professionals. The increasing use of teams furthers the need for increasing collective understanding about team effectiveness. This paper presents a methodology for team-level research and results from a study to identify those team characteristics most related to effectiveness
Keywords :
management; cross-functional teams; engineers; organizational strategy; team characteristics; team effectiveness research; team-level research; technical professionals; Data analysis; Laboratories; Statistics; Systems engineering and theory; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Innovation in Technology Management - The Key to Global Leadership. PICMET '97: Portland International Conference on Management and Technology
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3574-0
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.1997.653382
