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Frontiers of Business Research in China

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Front. Bus. Res. China    2019, Vol. 13 Issue (2) : 193-211    https://doi.org/10.1186/s11782-019-0054-1
RESEARCH
Team behavioral integration links team interdependence with team performance: an empirical investigation in R&D teams
Xiaomeng Zhang1, Ho Kwong Kwan2()
1. Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, Beijing, China.
2. School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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Abstract

Drawing on the input–mediator (a blend of team process and emergent state)–output (IMO) framework, we develop a conceptual model in which team behavioral integration is conceived of as a team-level mediator that links team interdependence (input) with team performance (output). Using a three-wave research design, we test the hypothesized model with the data of 102 R&D teams from three information technology companies in China. Results indicate that team interdependence positively influences team behavioral integration, and that team behavioral integration positively affects team performance. In addition, team behavioral integration is found to mediate the relationship between team interdependence and team performance. The theoretical and managerial implications of these results are discussed.

Keywords Team interdependence      Team behavioral integration      Team performance      Top management teams      Input–mediator–outcome framework      R&D teams     
Issue Date: 15 July 2019
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Xiaomeng Zhang,Ho Kwong Kwan. Team behavioral integration links team interdependence with team performance: an empirical investigation in R&D teams[J]. Front. Bus. Res. China, 2019, 13(2): 193-211.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/fbr/EN/10.1186/s11782-019-0054-1
https://academic.hep.com.cn/fbr/EN/Y2019/V13/I2/193
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