Science Research Management ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (4): 130-137.

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The study of the leadership structure of scientific research teams

Xie Ye, Huo Guoqing   

  1. School of Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
  • Received:2012-06-13 Revised:2013-06-19 Online:2014-04-25 Published:2014-04-25

Abstract: The leadership of scientific research teams is one of the most critical factors which determine the team's innovation capability and competiveness. On the basis of the concept and features of scientific research team, the paper used content analysis to induce the characteristics of situations and researchers influencing the leadership of scientific research team by interviewing 41 scientific innovators. Combining relevant theories the study proposed 7 hypotheses and investigated 102 research teams from 10 institutes in CAS by questionnaire. The results suggest that the leadership of scientific research team is composed of scientific charisma, scientific insight, scientific motivation, scientific boost and scientific leading strength.

Key words: scientific research teams, leadership, content analysis, survey, interview

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