Person?project fit and R&D performance: a case study of Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan
| Autor: | Sen-Hao Cheng, Yung-Chang Huang, Ruey-Yun Horng, Yau-De Wang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Strategy and Management
media_common.quotation_subject Applied psychology Cognition General Business Management and Accounting Management Industrial technology Task demand Originality Management of Technology and Innovation Scale (social sciences) Business and International Management Psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | R&D Management. 37:209-220 |
| ISSN: | 1467-9310 0033-6807 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2007.00470.x |
| Popis: | Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Chiao Tung University,Taiwan. ryhorng@cc.nctu.edu.tw, ychuang.iem87g@nctu.edu.twThis study examined the relation between the research and development (R&D) performanceand the fit between a researcher’s cognitive type and the task demand of the project that wasimplied in Wang, Wu & Horng’s (1999) study. Three hundred and eighteen research projectscompleted by 205 project leaders in the 3 years were classified into Unsworth’s four creativitytypes along two dimensions: (1) whether the research addressed an open- or closed-endedproblem and (2) whether the project was assigned or actively sought by the researcher. Eachresearcher’s personal traits were assessed using Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) andKirton’s Adaptor–Innovator Scale (KAI). Results show that researchers with a conforming,feeling, or judging-type cognition performed better with assigned projects for solving closedproblems. Those with an originality and intuitive-type cognition performed better on self-initiated projects for solving open-ended problems. Researchers with sensing-type cognitionperformed better with assigned projects for solving open-ended questions. Thus, a carefulmatch between a researcher’s cognitive type and the task demand of project is important forR&D management. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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