Task Characteristics and Personal Success in Innovative Project
Joseph C. Shih 1 and
Sophia Shu-Chuan Chang 2
1.Information Management in the College of Management at the Lunghwa University of Science and Technology
2. Information Management in the College of Management at the St. John’s Univeristy of Science and Technology
2. Information Management in the College of Management at the St. John’s Univeristy of Science and Technology
Abstract—This paper investigates task characteristics affecting on personal success in innovative project. The authors develop process satisfaction and personal performance as personal success to understand how task characteristics affect on the individual outcomes. There are four critical task characteristics of innovative project, task ambiguity, task conflict norms, task complexity, and task creativity, in which the individuals may develop personal success by the intra-team processes. Empirical data collected from 146 members of innovative task groups. The results show that task characteristics, excepting task complexity, affect on personal success significantly.
Index Terms—task characteristic, group process, innovative project, personal success.
Cite: Joseph C. Shih and Sophia Shu-Chuan Chang, "Task Characteristics and Personal Success in Innovative Project," Journal of Advanced Management Science, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 6-11, March 2013. doi: 10.12720/joams.1.1.6-11
Index Terms—task characteristic, group process, innovative project, personal success.
Cite: Joseph C. Shih and Sophia Shu-Chuan Chang, "Task Characteristics and Personal Success in Innovative Project," Journal of Advanced Management Science, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 6-11, March 2013. doi: 10.12720/joams.1.1.6-11