The Effect of Team Leader Characteristics on Learning, Knowledge Application, and Performance of Cross‐Functional New Product Development Teams
研究了新产品开发团队中领导特征如何影响团队学习、知识应用及绩效，发现团队学习对产品创新性和上市速度有显著正向作用，民主领导风格、目标结构启动和领导职位与团队学习正相关。
ABSTRACT 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.