the venture capitalists are experts in the financing of high-risk and entrepreneurial start-ups. “exit” or “cashing out” is the normal end to any investment. there will come a day when a venture capitalist will want to decide to sell or decrease his shares. this decision is multi-criteria and the research is focused on identifying factors affecting vc’s exit process and attempts to determine th...

We theorized and tested the conditions under which cognitive team diversity is positively related to individual team member creativity. Hierarchical linear modeling results using 316 employees on 68 teams from Chinese companies indicated that a team member’s creative self-efficacy moderated the relationship between cognitive team diversity and individual creativity: this relationship was positi...

the aim of this study was to examine the relationship of coaches’ servant leadership style with team efficacy and male athlete satisfaction in iran handball super league. the research method was descriptive-correlation conducted by standard questionnaires of servant leadership, team efficacy and athlete satisfaction. the population of this study consisted of male players of 12 handball super le...

Data from 247 global software development teams were used to examine the impact of temporal dispersion and leadership roles on the relationship between nationality diversity and team performance. Nationality diversity was positively related to team performance when project leaders regularly coordinate and monitor team members’ activities, and acted as mentors and facilitator. However, when nati...

Over the last few decades, several studies have been conducted to examine the complex relationships between team diversity and individual and organizational outcomes. Although, in theory, team diversity can foster positive organizational synergies by increasing the variance of perspectives and approaches to work different members can bring, the same idiosyncratic characteristics can also engend...

We trained 40 teams using Lego Serious Play (LSP), a facilitated workshop method in which the aspects of visual­ization, com­mitment, fun and shared storytelling are used. LSP improves open participatory communication, collaborative learning intuitive imagination reduced ‘free ridership’ innovation teams; it was easier to achieve ‘train thought’ or ‘flow’ within team. is promising creativity me...

Team mental models (TMMs) have received much attention as important drivers of effective team processes and performance. Less is known about the factors that give rise to these shared cognitive structures. We examined potential antecedents of TMMs, with a specific focus on team composition variables, including various facets of personality and surface-level diversity. Further, we examined impli...