THE EFFECT OF VISION AND ROLE CLARITY ON TEAM PERFORMANCE

Authors : Gary LYNN, Faruk KALAY

Pages : 175-196

Doi:10.18092/ijeas.37033

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Publication Date : 2016-04-21

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :ABSTRACT Although many studies conclude that vision and role clarity are important at the organizational level, the impacts of vision and role clarity on innovation/teams have received far less attention. A strong vision and role definition can provide direction to a team and can positively impact its ability to succeed. The purpose of this research is to discuss vision components and Role Clarity, and explore their impacts on team performance. After studying the vision on a series of nine innovation teams at three companies insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Apple, IBM, and HP);, we empirically tested the impact of the two components of vision insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Vision Clarity, and Vision Support); and Role Clarity on overall team performance. Data were collected from 75 team members. We found that Vision Clarity has a positive effect on team performance. We also found that, Vision Support and Role Clarity are not significantly related to team performance. Keywords: Team Performance; Team Vision; Role Clarity; Team Success JEL classification: C92, D81, J24, L21, O31
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