...Carla Sofia Correia; Luis Curral Purpose The purpose of this study is to understand the inconsistent results found by various studies on the relationship between team vision, reflexivity and the innovation process by analyzing the moderating role of reflexivity on the relationship between team...

...Daniel Marasquini Stipp; Márcio Lopes Pimenta; Daniel Jugend Purpose The aim of this paper is to characterize how innovation may happen through cross-functional teams (CFT) in an organization of the public sector. Design/methodology/approach A case study helped to characterize several behavior...

...Cristina Boari; Guido Fioretti; Vincenza Odorici Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the significance of bounded rationality for innovation research. It does so by expounding the structure and the assumptions of an agent-based model where boundedly rational actors engage in knowledge...

...Peter R.A. Oeij; Steven Dhondt; Jeff Gaspersz Purpose This paper aims to investigate the principles of high reliability organisations (HROs), present in safety and crisis teams, as applied to innovation teams. Safety and crisis teams cannot fail, as failure leads to disaster and casualties...

..., geographically dispersed sites and involving varying degrees of task uncertainty at differing stages on an innovation continuum, from basic fundamental research to scale-up and commercial development. Design/methodology/approach This study investigated characteristics of effective virtual innovation teamwork...

...M. Mendes; C. Gomes; P. Marques-Quinteiro; P. Lind; L. Curral Purpose Current organizations face a complex competitive landscape driven by globalization and technology that puts them in the course of a new economic age. This complexity stresses learning and innovation as fundamental mechanisms...

... in mind, we also asked some general questions about the team, including size, whether or not there was a leader and the team assignment (see Table III). Team performance Innovation Complex Tasks Developmental Space Team Interactions Team Results Team Sensemaking In sum, past research...

...Leif Jarle Gressgård Purpose Virtual teams, understood as teams with geographically dispersed members communicating primarily by use of information and communication technologies (ICT), have become a viable form for work in innovation projects involving one or several organizations. Knowledge...

...Ajay Goyal; K.B. Akhilesh Purpose The paper seeks to highlight the key value changes in the current economy, which is shifting towards intangible assets such as innovativeness, cognitive intelligence, emotional intelligence, social capital, and also a shift from individual to team working...

...Graydon Davison; Paul Hyland This paper is the first in a series that will examine the management of innovation by cross‐functional, multi‐disciplinary patient care teams in a palliative care environment. This highly innovative environment is singularly focused on relieving the suffering...

... leaders and members to innovatively enhance team management and increase performance using e‐learning systems as a support tool. However, there are also concerns about team management that need to be considered. Peters (1992) writes that, even though more specialty expertise is needed and autonomy...

... such as these, the important issue will be how well strategic communities are formed and how well they continue to create business and innovation. An actual, recent, large‐scale example is the partnership between Sony and Microsoft. This article will refer to these “chains of spiral‐shaped, strategic community...

... innovation and team spirit back into the work environment. As we approach the twenty‐first century, two major challenges confront US corporate managers in utilizing team management techniques – a new corporate mindset and a multicultural workforce. To accept the commitment needed for effective team...