A study of the impact of individual goals and team composition variables on team performance
Jonathan K. Trower, Kris K. Moore · 1996
Improving the performance of IS project teams has been an enduring problem for IS managers.Prior research in this area has suggested that by carefully selecting team members based on certain characteristics, like psychological type, team performance may be enhanced.This study examines the impact that individual goals and performance and team composition have on team performance.A number of individual variables are examined (self-efficacy, goal commitment, task complexity, motivation), as well as several team composition variables (team size, proportion of team members who are IS employees or are technologists, and whether or not the team leader is a technologist).Based on a regression model, we found that we can account for over 65 percent of the variability in team performance with four factors: team size, and individual goals, motivation, and performance.Furthermore, we found significant differences in team performance based on the proportion of team members who are IS employees and the average individual performance level.