Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Uluslararası Avrasya Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, cilt.11, sa.39, ss.11-22, 2020 (Hakemli Dergi)
In enterprises, Research and Development (R&D) activities are carried out on the basis ofprojects. R&D projects are conducted by teams of employees from the different departments inan enterprise. Members of R&D teams have different competencies, and the most prominentfeatures are that they are creative and learning-oriented. Despite the competencies of theemployees, it is very difficult to manage such teams successfully. Keeping the motivation of teammembers high and managing the team in a success-oriented way require important managerialskills since such teams have many different sources of motivation. Therefore, team leaders needto identify the factors that will lead their R&D teams to success. Accordingly, this paper attemptsto explain the role of commitment to learning on the relationship between evaluation-rewardsand project success. The mediator analyses were conducted according to the methodologysuggested by Baron and Kenny. As a result of the hypothesis tests, it has been found out thatcommitment to learning has a mediator effect on the relationship between evaluation andreward and project success. In R&D teams, team members' commitment to learning is critical tothe impact of reward and evaluation on project success. Therefore, the leaders who will leadthese teams need to consider the nature of an adhocratic organization while taking into accountthe factors that will influence team success.