The main focus of this paper is the functioning of R&D teams, the role of the team leader and the characteristics of individual team members. After a brief overview of recent literature on leadership and innovation, some research results are presented from a study of leadership in self-managing teams; these teams have a number of characteristics in common with R&D teams, such as dependent tasks and job autonomy. The results lead to an integrated model for the effective functioning of R&D teams, with a focus on the relations between leadership behaviour, individual characteristics, team functioning and outcome variables.
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Stoker, J. I., Looise, J. C., Fisscher, O. A. M., & De Jong, R. D. (2001). Leadership and innovation: Relations between leadership, individual characteristics and the functioning of R&D teams. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 12(7), 1141–1151. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585190110068359
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