| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 國際管理碩士在職專班 === 97 === In the last decade, the number of transnational teams has grown rapidly due to the global economic environment and the growth of multinational companies. The advantages of transnational teams are many. They are seen by companies as an important human resource; they are able to connect a creative and flexible work force in order to successfully face global competition.
However, with their distributed geography, time zone differences, cultural differences and language barriers, the efficiency of transnational teams decrease. In addition, conflicts due to miscommunication and difficulties in managing and monitoring teams increase. Thus the uncertainty of transnational team performance becomes a big challenge for both companies and team members themselves.
The objective of this study is to investigate the relationships between communication, trust, knowledge sharing, and transnational team performance in order to determine which factors influence transnational team performance and exam whether project management has a positive effect on communication and knowledge sharing behaviors in transnational team.
A 48-item survey in both Chinese and English is developed to obtain data for the above research purpose. Respondents with transnational team and project experience are carefully selected to fit the objectives of this study. Distribution of the questionnaire results in 370 collected responses, where 340 of those are usable. These were then analyzed with the help of SPSS and AMOS software.
Based on the analysis results it can be concluded conclude that in transnational teams: (1) There are positive relationships between communication, trust, knowledge sharing and transnational team performance; and (2) Project management has a positive effect on communication and knowledge sharing. These findings provide managers and transnational team members with a better understanding of the potential barriers in building and working through transnational teams, and show that project management is a useful tool that companies and managers can use to help them manage transnational team members.
In short, this research provides findings that are significant within both the academic field and business field alike: It fills a gap within project management and transnational team research, and provides useful and comprehensive information to scholars and practitioners regarding project management and transnational team performance.
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