Climate and Problem Solving in Software Development Teams

The popularity of new product development has been increasing in knowledge-intensive organizations as a means to manage aggressive competition. Given the criticality of product development to the performance of many organizations, it is important to unveil the mechanisms that support problem solving. In line with the relevant literature, this study examined the influence of team climate on team problem solving. By using 139 questionnaires from different projects, structural equation modeling was employed as a statistical analysis tool to investigate the given hypotheses. The findings showed that team climate was positively related to team problem solving. The implications for both theory and practice are discussed.