Waardenburg, Dirk, van (2020) The influence of shared cognition on start-up team performance. Research Project, Industrial Engineering and Management.
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Abstract
One of the potential factors identified that could contribute to start-up team performance is shared cognition, a concept that represents the degree of a shared agreement and understanding that is present within the team. However, it was found that many studies focus solely on the individual cognition of team members and its influence on team performance, and not on the shared cognition of the team as a whole. This thesis aimed to help fill the knowledge gap caused by the lack of research on shared cognition. A data set was acquired from a large technology-driven competition in which 100 teams competed in an environment of time pressure and competitiveness, simulating the field in which start-ups operate. Subsequently, a new framework was developed for the operationalization of shared cognition, which provides a start to an objective assessment method that can help quantify this cognitive concept. Furthermore, a positive relationship was hypothesized and found in a regression analysis between shared cognition and start-up team performance, a relationship which was found to be fully mediated by coordinated work. Lastly, a negative moderating effect from focused team deliberation on the relationship between shared cognition and coordinated work was proposed as well, but did not find support in a regression analysis.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Research Project) |
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| Supervisor name: | Frederiks, A.J. and Cao, M. |
| Degree programme: | Industrial Engineering and Management |
| Thesis type: | Research Project |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Feb 2020 13:09 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Feb 2020 13:09 |
| URI: | https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/21536 |
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