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Team Context and Team Performance: An Integrated Review

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Innovation, Finance, and the Economy

Part of the book series: Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics ((EBES,volume 1))

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High-quality teamwork has been recognized as central for organizational success. As such, researchers and practitioners have attempted to uncover how best to ensure high team performance. A review of the literature on teams suggested that team performance is a function of a variety of factors. While research shows that team context is important, investigations on this subject are still inadequate particularly for manufacturing teams within the context of a developing country like Malaysia. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to review the extant literature on team performance and subsequently propose a model linking team context (team leaders’ transformational leadership style and perceived team support) with team performance in the Malaysian manufacturing industry with a focus on the electrical and electronic sector. In addition, trust is explored as a mediator in the above-mentioned relationship.

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  1. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia

    Azlyn Ahmad Zawawi

  2. School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

    Aizzat Mohd. Nasurdin

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  1. Faculty of Economics, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin

  2. MUFG Union Bank, San Francisco, California, USA

    Hakan Danis

  3. Faculty of Tourism, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Ender Demir

  4. Newcastle Business School, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    Chi Keung Marco Lau

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Zawawi, A.A., Nasurdin, A.M. (2015). Team Context and Team Performance: An Integrated Review. In: Bilgin, M., Danis, H., Demir, E., Lau, C. (eds) Innovation, Finance, and the Economy. Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics, vol 1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15880-8_4

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