Mapping the Landscape of Team Roles: A Cluster Analysis of Key Authors

Abstract

This paper is a continuation of the presentation of results from a systematic literature review aimed at identifying key authors in the field of team roles and grouping them into clusters of interconnected authors. It aims to define clusters of authors focusing on team roles. The results of this work can serve to facilitate future researchers' orientation to the different typologies of team roles. The defined clusters can also be used by practitioners in the field due to the clarity of studies describing team roles. The methodology utilized in this study involved a systematic literature review followed by an analysis of author relationships through systematic literature mapping. As described by Soaita et al (2020), systematic literature mapping is considered a valuable tool for comprehensively understanding the structure of a specific topic. Following the guidelines proposed by Kuckartz and Rädiker (2019) for conducting a literature review based on literature search, we proceeded through the described phases. The obtained results have brought about surprising insights, particularly the strongly developed cluster around J. E. Mathieu. The cluster centred around S. K. Parker is also interesting in terms of its gradual linking pattern, where authors build upon each other's work gradually. The presented results serve as an initial exploratory input for further research on theories, concepts and models of typologies and taxonomies. The groups of approaches to team roles depicted in this study clarify the