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Transformational leadership, team climate, and team performance within the NPD team: Evidence from China

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This study analyzes the impact of team transformational leadership on team performance during the new product development (NPD) process and the mediating role of team climate. Data were collected from 184 NPD projects of Chinese high-tech firms. The results show that NPD team transformational leadership is positively related to team performance. In addition, team climate mediates the relationship between most dimensions of NPD team transformational leadership (charisma, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, and individualized consideration) and team performance.

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Charisma

q111 Leaders are admired, respected

q112 Leaders are trusted

q113 Followers identify with and want to emulate their leaders

Inspirational motivation

q121 Leaders can tell members what and how they should do in simple words

q122 Leaders can describe the project objectives in the contagious mode

q123 Leaders can help members to find out the significant to carry out NDP

Intellectual stimulation

q131 Challenges members to think about old problems in new ways

q132 Examines new perspectives for solving problems and completing tasks

q133 forces members to rethink some things that they have never questioned before

Individualized consideration

q141 Leaders can help members to improve the NDP professionalism

q142 Leaders can tell own evaluations and viewpoints towards members’ job

q143 Leaders can provide more concerns on members in special difficulties

NPD team climate

q211 Agreement with the objectives

q212 Team’s objectives clearly understood

q213 Team’s objectives achievable

q214 Worth of the objectives to the organization

q215 ‘We are together’ attitude

q216 People keep each other informed

q217 People feel understood and accepted

q218 Real attempts to share information

q219 Preparedness to basic questions

q220 Critical appraisal of weaknesses

q221 Building on each other’s ideas

q222 Search for new ways of looking at problems

q223 Time taken to develop ideas

q224 Cooperation in developing and applying ideas

NPD team performance

q311 Quality of work

q312 Quantity of work

q313 Initiative

q314 Cooperation with other groups

q315 Ability to complete work on time

q316 Ability to respond quickly to problems

q317 Its overall performance

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Sun, W., Xu, A. & Shang, Y. Transformational leadership, team climate, and team performance within the NPD team: Evidence from China. Asia Pac J Manag 31, 127–147 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-012-9327-3

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