Talks that Builds: Exploring Communication factors for the Success of Emerging Professional in Product Teams

TL;DR

This study investigates communication factors influencing the success of young emerging professionals in product teams, highlighting new relevant factors like curiosity and resource access that differ from established professionals.

Contribution

It identifies and analyzes new communication factors affecting the success of younger professionals in product teams, filling a gap in existing literature.

Findings

Curiosity and resource access are key success factors.

Locational proximity influences team productivity.

Traditional factors are less relevant for emerging professionals.

Abstract

This paper recognizes that most organizational communication study focuses on established professionals aged above 27 with more than five years of experience. In contrast, this study examines product teams with younger emerging professionals aged 18-27 and explores which factors influence their success. While some established factors still apply, others become less relevant, and new ones such as curiosity, locational proximity, documentation, access to resources were identified in the study. Overall, this study fills a gap in the literature on how these newer factors shape team productivity and project outcomes based on the success rate of the product the team developed.