TY - JOUR
T1 - A comprehensive model of project team technical performance
AU - Liu, Wen Hsing
AU - Cross, Jennifer A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd and Association for Project Management and the International Project Management Association
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - Project teams are commonly used within organizations and have been widely studied. Yet, there is still no consensus on how to define project team success and which factors contribute most strongly to success. This study sought to develop an initial, comprehensive model of project team technical performance, using a diverse sample of 133 teams, and employing regression analysis and structural equation modeling. Effectiveness, efficiency, and innovation were found to be the primary dimensions of technical performance. Each was predicted by a different set of factors, with few factors predicting multiple dimensions. Management support, cooperation, and communication were positively related to effectiveness; efficiency was positively related to goal clarity, cooperation, and team harmony, but negatively related to team diversity; and, innovation was positively associated with knowledge/skill and cohesion, but negatively associated with team harmony. Future research should identify additional influential factors and further explore the relationships found in this study.
AB - Project teams are commonly used within organizations and have been widely studied. Yet, there is still no consensus on how to define project team success and which factors contribute most strongly to success. This study sought to develop an initial, comprehensive model of project team technical performance, using a diverse sample of 133 teams, and employing regression analysis and structural equation modeling. Effectiveness, efficiency, and innovation were found to be the primary dimensions of technical performance. Each was predicted by a different set of factors, with few factors predicting multiple dimensions. Management support, cooperation, and communication were positively related to effectiveness; efficiency was positively related to goal clarity, cooperation, and team harmony, but negatively related to team diversity; and, innovation was positively associated with knowledge/skill and cohesion, but negatively associated with team harmony. Future research should identify additional influential factors and further explore the relationships found in this study.
KW - Effectiveness
KW - Efficiency
KW - Innovation
KW - Project team performance
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84977107122&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijproman.2016.05.011
DO - 10.1016/j.ijproman.2016.05.011
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84977107122
SN - 0263-7863
VL - 34
SP - 1150
EP - 1166
JO - International Journal of Project Management
JF - International Journal of Project Management
IS - 7
ER -