3.1 Data collection
In this study, we send questionnaires to the teams of 160 high-tech
manufacturing enterprises in the eastern and central parts of China. We
use the snowball sampling method and nomination interpretation method,
then each team is asked to report 3-6 partners who have relationships
with them. Each team member is asked to answer the questionnaires
according to their own situations. Each team appoints a team leader to
answer the questionnaires, and then forms the matching questionnaire of
team leader with team members. Finally, 132 questionnaire of teams are
collected. The effective recovery rate of sample is 82.5%. The result
of statistical analysis shows that there are 520 members in tota, they
are divided into 132 groups, 50
groups consist of 3 members, and
40 groups consist of 4 members, plus 42 groups consist of 5 members.
Most of the team members are technical elities or engaged in research
and development work. The demographic characteristics of the team and
team members are shown in Table1.