Factors in team effectiveness: Cognitive and demographic similarities of software development team members

Human Relations

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1681-1710

  Kang, Hye Ryun ^a,b   Yang, Hee Dong ^a   Rowley, Chris ^c,d  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b Korean Academy of Management   (South Korea)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre for Asian Management   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive similarities; Demographic similarities; Effectiveness; Members; Shared mental model; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549065308     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726706072891     Document Type: Article

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