The pace of organizational change in the 21st century is accelerating. Fueled by technology and globalization, networked structures are replacing traditional hierarchical models and teams are becoming the primary organizational unit. Although the way that we work today is very different from the...

We examined the affect of leader personality on new product development (NPD) project performance under differing conditions of uncertainty. Our model posits teamwork as a mediating variable between leader personality and NPD performance.We hypothesized that the personality variable of openness...

The paper centers on the optimal team member personal style for new product development success. Although the role of personality in team performance is not well understood, research suggests that personality plays a critical role in the effective performance of teams. Personality variables...