scholarly journals The effect of informational faultlines configurational properties on team creativity and viability: the mediating role of information sharing

2021 ◽  
Vol 251 ◽  
pp. 03003
Author(s):  
Xiaoqian Qu ◽  
Cunhu Xi
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Team Effectiveness ◽  
Knowledge Worker ◽  
Team Creativity ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Unique Information ◽  
Team Viability ◽  
Role Of Information

Based on team effectiveness framework and subgroup theory, this study constructs a theoretical model that aim to explore the mechanisms between informational subgroup configurations and team effectiveness. Through analyzing a sample of 64 knowledge worker teams, we obtained those following meaningful results:(1) the number of informational subgroups is positively related to open and unique of information sharing; the balance of informational subgroups is negatively related to the open information sharing while positively related to the unique information sharing. (3) The open information sharing is positively related with team viability while the unique information sharing is positively related to team creativity. Critical and insightful advice for the management of informationally diverse teams were proposed at last.

scholarly journals Transformational Leadership Versus Shared Leadership for Team Effectiveness

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thi Bich Hanh Tran ◽  
Anh Dung Vu
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Team Performance ◽  
Shared Leadership ◽  
Team Effectiveness ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Performance Quality ◽  
Team Viability ◽  
Team Experience

This study aims at investigating the effect of transformational leadership and shared leadership on dimensions of team effectiveness and the mediating role of teamwork orientation. The data were collected from members of working teams in companies of different fields in Vietnam. The results show that both transformational leadership and shared leadership are significantly associated to team effectiveness including team performance, quality of team experience, and team viability. The effects of transformational leadership are more robust compared to those of shared leadership while both leadership styles are dramatically relevant to team viability. In addition, teamwork orientation serves as a significant partial mediator in the relationship between transformational leadership, shared leadership, and dimensions of team effectiveness. The study is an early research in evaluating the effect of transformational leadership and shared leadership on three dimensions of team effectiveness, namely team performance, quality of team experience, and team viability. It is also the very first to explore the mediating role of teamwork orientation in the effect of leadership approaches on components of team effectiveness. The study offers interesting empirical evidence of an under-researched Asian emerging economy – Vietnam – so providing practical implications for companies in Vietnamese context in particular and similar Asian economies.

The mobility of team members and team creativity: exploring the mediating role of team cognition

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 1111-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weixiao Guo ◽  
Chenjing Gan ◽  
Duanxu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Team Member ◽  
Knowledge Worker ◽  
Team Cognition ◽  
Bootstrap Analysis ◽  
Team Creativity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how the mobility of team members affects team creativity in knowledge-worker teams and the mediating role of team transactive memory system (TMS) and team creative efficacy.Design/methodology/approachMultiple surveys were conducted on team leaders and members in knowledge-worker teams in China. A total of 94 teams were analyzed by adopting the confirmatory factor analyses, hierarchical regression analysis and bootstrap analysis method.FindingsThe results show that frequent team member mobility is negatively related to a knowledge-worker team's creativity, and the relationship is mediated by team TMS and creative efficacy.Originality/valueThis study contributes to a deeper understanding of how the mobility of team members affects team creativity in knowledge-worker teams by exploring the underlying mechanisms from the perspective of team cognition. Specifically, team TMS and creative efficacy mediate the relationship between team member mobility and team creativity.

Ups and downs on the roller coaster of task conflict: the role of group cognitive complexity, collective emotional intelligence and team creativity

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-37
Author(s):  
Andreea Gheorghe ◽  
Oana Fodor ◽  
Anișoara Pavelea
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Cognitive Complexity ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Task Conflict ◽  
Team Creativity ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Explanatory Mechanism ◽  
The Relationship

This study explores the association between task conflict and team creativity and the role of group cognitive complexity (GCC) as a potential explanatory mechanism in a sample of 159 students organized in 49 groups. Moreover, we analyzed the moderating effect of collective emotional intelligence (CEI)in the relationship between task conflict and GCC.As hypothesized, we found that task conflict has a nonlinear relationship with GCC, but contrary to our expectations, it follows a U-shaped association, not an inversed U-shape. In addition,the moderating role of CEI was significant only at low levels. Contrary to our expectation, the mediating role of GCC did not receive empirical support. Theoretical and practical contributions are discussed.

The Effect of Diversity and the Mediating Role of Elaboration on Multidisciplinary Greenhouse Gas Assurance Team Effectiveness

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erboon Ekasingh ◽  
Roger Simnett ◽  
Wendy J. Green
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Team Effectiveness ◽  
Team Member ◽  
Multidisciplinary Teams ◽  
Team Processes ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Audit Firms ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Educational Diversity

ABSTRACT Greenhouse gas (GHG) assurance is increasingly used by companies as a means to increase stakeholder confidence in the quality of externally reported carbon emissions. The multidisciplinary nature of these engagements means that assurance is performed primarily by multidisciplinary teams. Prior research suggests the effectiveness of such teams could be affected by team composition and team processes. We employ a retrospective field study to examine the impact of educational diversity and team member elaboration on multidisciplinary GHG assurance team effectiveness. Results show that team processes such as sufficiency of elaboration on different team member perspectives significantly increases the perceived effectiveness of the teams. While educational diversity is not found to directly improve perceived team effectiveness, it is found to have a positive effect through increasing perceived sufficiency of elaboration. These findings have important implications for standard setters and audit firms undertaking GHG assurance engagements.

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