Team boundary-spanning activities and performance of technology transfer organizations: evidence from China

Xie Kaiji (), Antonio Crupi (), Alberto Minin () and Fabrizio Cesaroni ()
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Xie Kaiji: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Antonio Crupi: Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna – Pisa
Alberto Minin: Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna – Pisa
Fabrizio Cesaroni: University of Messina

The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2022, vol. 47, issue 1, No 2, 33-62

Abstract: Abstract This study performs an in-depth analysis of the causes and consequences of team boundary-spanning activities in the context of Chinese technology transfer, by addressing three related research questions: what are the drivers of teams’ boundary-spanning activities? How do teams conduct boundary-spanning activities? What is the impact of teams’ boundary-spanning activities? Based on the “input–moderator–output–input” model of team effectiveness theory, this study firstly explores which factors drive technology transfer teams to engage in boundary-spanning activities. Then, it examines the effects that such activities have on technology transfer performance, both directly and indirectly, through a set of mediating factors. Finally, it explores whether external environmental conditions play any moderating role in the relationship between team boundary-spanning activities and team performance. The empirical analysis is based on original primary survey data collected from a representative sample of organizations involved in the Chinese technology transfer system. The study both contributes the team effectiveness theory applied to the specific context of technology transfer and offers practical suggestions to managers of technology transfer intermediaries.

Keywords: Technology transfer; China; Team effectiveness; Team boundary-spanning activities; Team performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O30 O39 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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