Making virtue of necessity: The role of team climate for innovation in resource-constrained innovation projects

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 196-207

  Weiss, Matthias ^a   Hoegl, Martin ^b   Gibbert, Michael ^b  

^a WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; COMMON SOURCE; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; FINANCIAL RESOURCES; INHIBITING EFFECT; INNOVATION PROJECTS; INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS; INTERACTION TERM; MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPERS; PRODUCT QUALITY; PROJECT EFFICIENCY; RESOURCE CONSTRAINT; RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED; SUCCESS FACTORS; TEAM CLIMATE; TEAM LEADERS; TEAM MEMBERS; TEAM PERFORMANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENTS;

BUDGET CONTROL; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INNOVATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FINANCE;

EID: 80054697630     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2011.00870.x     Document Type: Article

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