Staffing approach and conditions for collective learning in project teams: The case of new product development projects

In the contemporary competitive environment, it becomes crucial for companies to master, promote and keep the collective learning developed during new products development projects. This research discusses the extent to which the approach of staffing the new products development projects’ teams and the logic of career development of project managers have an influence on the collective learning conditions during these projects. After having pointed out the main dimensions of learning in new product development projects and the main dimensions of the logic of project managers’ career development, the empirical data analysis of this research demonstrates that job rotation in projects for functional staff, as an approach of staffing the projects’ teams, makes up favourable conditions for collective learning during the projects.