relation: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/3596/ title: The effect of team leader skills and competencies team: A Structural equation modelling approach creator: Zakaria, N. creator: Taiwo, A. description: Team work has been emphasized as an important way of getting a piece of job done effectively in organizations by the participation of every member of the team. However, leadership skills and other factors do affect team performance. This study investigated the factors that influence the effective performance of research clusters team leaders and team members in the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP). A survey was conducted and a hundred and seventy six (176) faculty staffs and members of different research cluster in UTP participated in the study. Structural equation modelling (SEM) technique was employed to analyze the data. The outcomes of the study shows that team leaders Human Skills and Team self Evaluation significantly influence the effective performance of the team. Also, team self evaluation have a direct effect on technical skills. Implication for practise and future works was also discussed. date: 2013 type: Article type: PeerReviewed identifier: Zakaria, N. and Taiwo, A. (2013) The effect of team leader skills and competencies team: A Structural equation modelling approach. Asian Social Science, 9 (7). pp. 151-161. ISSN 19112017 relation: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84878758657&doi=10.5539%2fass.v9n7p151&partnerID=40&md5=0867a7c928c1ac6e47f0d67c6b0a5d41 relation: 10.5539/ass.v9n7p151 identifier: 10.5539/ass.v9n7p151