標題: Person-project fit and R&D performance: A case study of industrial technology research institute of Taiwan
作者: Cheng, Sen-Hao
Wang, Yau-De
Horng, Ruey-Yun
Huang, Yung-Chang
管理科學系
工業工程與管理學系
Department of Management Science
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
公開日期: 1-Jun-2007
摘要: This study examined the relation between the research and development (R&D) performance and the fit between a researcher's cognitive type and the task demand of the project that was implied in Wang, Wu & Horng's (1999) study. Three hundred and eighteen research projects completed by 205 project leaders in the 3 years were classified into Unsworth's four creativity types along two dimensions: (1) whether the research addressed an open- or closed-ended problem and (2) whether the project was assigned or actively sought by the researcher. Each researcher's personal traits were assessed using Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and Kirton's Adaptor-Innovator Scale (KAI). Results show that researchers with a conforming, feeling, or judging-type cognition performed better with assigned projects for solving closed problems. Those with an originality and intuitive-type cognition performed better on self-initiated projects for solving open-ended problems. Researchers with sensing-type cognition performed better with assigned projects for solving open-ended questions. Thus, a careful match between a researcher's cognitive type and the task demand of project is important for R&D management.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9310.2007.00470.x
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/14326
ISSN: 0033-6807
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2007.00470.x
期刊: R & D MANAGEMENT
Volume: 37
Issue: 3
起始頁: 209
結束頁: 220
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