Self-managed project teams consist of three key factors that influence their effectiveness: trust, understanding, and power

Simon Krause, Hana Stojanová, Viktoria Joy Behrens and Johannes Engelbert Hangl

International Journal of Project Organisation and Management, 2024, vol. 16, issue 4, 448-465

Abstract: This paper explores the factors that impact trust, understanding, and power in self-managed teams. It utilises 15 expert interviews to confirm that these three factors are the primary influencing factors in self-managed teams and that there are no other factors. The study found that trust has the most substantial influence at 82.67%, followed by power at 81.33% and understanding at 80.67%. The interviewees' other influencing factors could be categorised under these three factors. Experts were selected based on their experience in the IT industry and with self-managed project teams. As a result, the study's findings can be generalised to the IT industry. The paper aims to provide insight into how these factors can be developed and enhanced to support self-managed teams.

Keywords: self-management; self-managed project teams; influence factors; trust; understanding; power; expert interviews. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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