Managing Research, Development, and Innovation: Managing the Unmanageable, Third Edition

3.5. FORMATION OF TEAMS

There are many attributes that need to be considered when forming a team. The work of Pelz and Andrews (1966b) has already indicated that effective teams are characterized by the support of members for one another's work, great respect for other members, and complementary skills, strategies, and approaches. Respect requires similarity in level of ability, as well as similarity in basic attitudes and values. Yet team members must have varied skills and specific attitudes that are different and complementary. For example, they may all be top-level scientists with similar values toward autonomy, yet differ in their disciplines and in their attitudes toward specific methods of data collection. Empirical support for this point ...