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An investigation of the relationship between project performance and characteristics of project leaders
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In this article, the authors examined the relationship between project performance and the cognitive style and career orientation of project leaders and found that the performance of a project is affected by the cognitive styles, career orientation, and background characteristics of the project leader and that these relationships are moderated by the type of work undertaken by the project team.About:
This article is published in Journal of Engineering and Technology Management.The article was published on 1990-05-01. It has received 19 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Project team & Project stakeholder.read more
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Investigation of Factors Contributing to the Success of Cross-Functional Teams
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed the literature on cross-functional new product development teams to uncover the array of factors that have previously been demonstrated or hypothesized to relate to crossfunctional team success, when measured at the project level.
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Realistic Criteria for Project Manager Selection and Development
TL;DR: This typology holds the promise of more effective project manager selection and development tools, and the possibility of maintaining a population of project managers in an organization that is optimum for the needs of that organization.
A comparison of Models of Role Orientations of Professionals in a Research-Oriented University : Administrative Science Quarterly
TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarize existing ideas about dimensions of role orientations of professionals in terms of five models: professional commitment, commitment to organizational goals, organizational immobility, external orientation, and concern with advancement.
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New product development projects and project manager skill sets in the telecommunications industry
Mustafa Kosaroglu,Robert A. Hunt +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a case study methodology for a better understanding of new product development (NPD) projects in the Australian Telecommunications service provider (Telco) industry, and what makes their project managers successful is presented.
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Cognitive and interpersonal abilities related to the primary activities of R&D managers
TL;DR: In this paper, the primary activities performed by R&D managers at different supervisory levels, and the cognitive and interpersonal ability requirements that underlie these activities, were identified by identifying three primary activities: project management, personnel supervision, and strategic planning.
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Applied multiple regression/correlation analysis for the behavioral sciences
TL;DR: In this article, the Mathematical Basis for Multiple Regression/Correlation and Identification of the Inverse Matrix Elements is presented. But it does not address the problem of missing data.
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Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences.
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Investigating the Not Invented Here (NIH) syndrome: A look at the performance, tenure, and communication patterns of 50 R & D Project Groups
Ralph Katz,Thomas J. Allen +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors carried out an empirical test of the extent to which the rate of communica- tion between a project group and the outside world decreases with mean project tenure and how far performance decreases with project tenure.
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The Effects of Group Longevity on Project Communication and Performance.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the communication behaviors and performances of 50 R&D project groups that varied in terms of group longevity, as measured by the average length of time project members had worked together.
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