Impact of athletic talents on team structure

PurposeThe main objective of this study is to explain the relationship between members' cultural values on structure and performance of the entrepreneurial teams that located in Tehran.Design/methodology/approachData used in this study are collected by a questionnaire distributed among managers and other executive members of SMEs located in Tehran. One hundred and thirty-nine participants completed the questionnaires, and their responses were analyzed using partial least squares technique. Measures showed good convergent and discriminant validity. Furthermore, Cronbach's alpha, as reliability indicator for all measures, is at the acceptable level.FindingsResearch finding shows that all hypothesis supported in Iran contex. Entrepreneurial team members' cultural values have positive and significant effect on the entrepreneurial team structure. Entrepreneurial team members' cultural values have significant effect on the entrepreneurial team performance and also, the structure of the entrepreneurial team has a positive and significant effect on the entrepreneurial team performance.Originality/valueThese studies mostly focused on technical dimensions of entrepreneurial teams and overlooked the cultural values of their members.

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Aligning VA Home‐Based Primary Care Interdisciplinary Team Structure with Veterans’ Needs

Health Services Research ◽

10.1111/1475-6773.13339 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 55 (S1) ◽

pp. 13-13

Author(s):

C. Chan ◽

B. Kinosian ◽

D. Davis ◽

D. Cooper ◽

T. Edes ◽

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Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Interdisciplinary Team ◽

Team Structure ◽

Home Based Primary Care ◽

Home Based

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Beyond the Task and Maintenance Functions in Groups: Developing External Functions in a High-performing Entrepreneurial Team in Thailand

South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases ◽

10.1177/2277977916634232 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 30-42 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Vasu Keerativutisest ◽

Bruce Hanson

Keyword(s):

High Performance ◽

Working Environment ◽

Team Structure ◽

High Performing ◽

Flexible Working ◽

Entrepreneurial Team ◽

Performance Teams ◽

Oil Tanks ◽

Maintenance Process

The focal organization for this article is the leading engineering service company in Thailand hereinafter called ‘Thai CLV’. The company is well known for the good quality of its maintenance projects for oil tanks with a long period of service for the customers. Due to the rapidly changing engineering and technological landscape and the robust competition of the external environment and competitors, the management of the company believes that the utilization of team structure could deliver a flexible working environment and better outcomes for the project. Therefore, its field operations have utilized a team structure for its tank maintenance process. The focus of this article is Thai CLV’s effort to further organize itself around high-performance teams by exploring the opportunities of external functions towards a high-performing entrepreneurial team.

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