Abstract
Self-managing teams are popular but they can only benefit team performance if their members are competent to navigate within self-managing systems. Based on a systematic literature search on self-managing, self-directing, and self-leading teams, we reviewed 84 studies related to KSAOs and traits in self-managing teams. Grounded on existing models of team effectiveness and individual KSAOs, we integrated all findings into one KSAO model and showed the relations of single KSAOs with team performance. The results resembled other KSAO frameworks but were more comprehensive and provided practical application and future research guidance, for example, studying team compositions of individual KSAOs.
Highlights
Self-managing teams are popular but they can only benefit team performance if their members are competent to navigate within self-managing systems
Practitioners ask more and more often what working in SMTs requires of their members and what individual characteristics are relevant to high SMT performance (Breidenbach & Rollow, 2020; Gloger & Rösner, 2014)
Based on previous research findings, the present paper provides a model of individual KSAOs and traits beneficial to SMT performance
Summary
1.1 Deciding and initiating action 1.2 Leading and supervising 2.1 Working with people 2.2 Adhering to principles and values 3.1 Relating and networking 3.2 Persuading and influencing 3.3 Presenting and communicating information 4.1 Writing and reporting 4.2 Applying expertise and technology 4.3 Analyzing 5.1 Learning and researching 5.2 Creating and innovating 5.3 Formulating strategies and concepts 6.1 Planning and organizing 6.2 Delivering results and meeting customer expectations 6.3 Following instructions and procedures 7.1 Adapting and responding to change 7.2 Coping with pressure and setbacks 8.1 Achieving personal work goals and objectives 8.2 Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking. This paper focuses on the relationship between individual KSAOs and team outcomes and considers the effect of team age It discusses the findings on relative contributions and interactions after the sections on individual KSAOs. Previous SMT research has dealt with work and student teams. We screened the studies’ abstracts with respect to the following inclusion criteria: (a) English as the publication language; (b) original research paper published in a peer-reviewed journal; (c) research on SMTs; (d) research on individual, internally determined factors—such as behaviors, attitudes, or personality traits—measured on the individual as well as team levels; (e) empirical approach using a qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods approach. Alper et al (1998) Andrés et al (2015) Armstrong and Priola (2001) Attaran and Nguyen (1999) Banai et al (2000) Barry and Stewart (1997) Boone et al (2005) Bransford (2006)
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