Initiated and received task interdependence and distributed team performance: the mediating roles of different forms of role clarity
| Autor: | Sut I Wong, Suzanne van Gils |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Focus (computing)
Knowledge management business.industry 05 social sciences Digital transformation 020207 software engineering Survey result 02 engineering and technology Research findings law.invention Task (project management) Human-Computer Interaction Philosophy Artificial Intelligence law 0502 economics and business 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering CLARITY business Psychology 050203 business & management Agile software development |
| Zdroj: | AI & Society: The Journal of Human-Centred Systems and Machine Intelligence |
| Popis: | Distributed agile teams are increasingly employed in organizations, partly due to the increased focus on digital transformation. However, research findings about the performance of such teams appear to be inconsistent, calling for more research to investigate the conditions under which distributed agile teams may thrive. Given that task coordination is particularly challenging when team members are not co-located, the present study investigates the roles of the two types of task interdependence, i.e., initiated versus received task interdependence. Survey results from 191 participants working in distributed agile teams within three companies in Norway confirm our hypotheses. Specifically, we show that high initiated task interdependence is associated with higher role clarity of others, while received task interdependence is associated with higher role clarity of self, and that both subsequently result in higher team performance in distributed agile teams. Thus, we argue that each type of task interdependence contributes in a unique way to team performance in distributed agile teams. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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