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"Use of design methods, team leaders' goal orientation, and team effectiveness: A follow-up Study in software development projects”

By Sabine Sonnentag, Michael Frese, Felix C. Brodbeck and Torsten Heinbokel

This article is an empirical study that discusses the effectiveness of software development teams and the use of team leaders' orientation towards the team. It has taken data from various German and Swiss software development projects. It shows that team leaders' goal-orientation contributed towards the team productivity and created an enhancement in the product. This article discusses the impact of team coordination on the effectiveness of software development teams. It emphasizes ...