An autonomous team is an emerging tool for new product development (NPD). With its high degree of autonomy, independence, leadership, dedication, and co-location, the team has more freedom and stronger capabilities to be innovative and entrepreneurial. Several anecdotal cases suggest that...

We empirically investigated the importance of team culture in multiple project management settings, where one project manager leads multiple simultaneous projects. Surprisingly, findings show that team culture does not contribute significantly to the success of a project in a multiple-project...

Successful projects are often characterized by a unique spirit. Phase one results, based on 193 employees partaking in 60 projects across organizations, support a model positing that leader building activities affect employees’ emotions, attitudes, and behavioral norms that are focused on...

With its high degree of autonomy, dedication, and co-location, an autonomous team as an emerging tool for new product development (NPD) has more freedom and stronger capabilities to be innovative and entrepreneurial. However, such teams are not a panacea, and implementing them can be costly and...