Diversity in Creative Teams

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susannah B. F. Paletz ◽  
Ivica Pavisic ◽  
Ella Miron-Spektor ◽  
Chun-Chi Lin
Keyword(s):  
Information Sharing ◽  
Group Development ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Team Diversity ◽  
Systems Perspective ◽  
Multilevel Theory ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Future Work ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Disciplinary Diversity

This chapter synthesizes literature on multidisciplinary and multicultural creative teams. We examine the main similarities and differences between cultural and disciplinary diversity; summarize the primary, relevant theories; describe the extant literature on the relationship between team diversity and creativity, information sharing, conflict, and other factors; and point out gaps in the literature and potential future work. Diversity can benefit creativity if the underlying breadth of perspectives is harnessed, but the relationship between diversity and creativity is a complex and heavily moderated one. This chapter integrates recent advances, such as multilevel theory, the importance of shared mental models, and different aspects of creativity. In addition, this chapter highlights the importance of faultlines, or when multiple types of diversity align within the same team. Future research should take a broader systems perspective, examining factors such as type and degree of diversity, context of the team, and time/group development, among other variables.

The Contingent Effect of Team Composition on the Performance of Entrepreneurial Teams

2019 ◽  
pp. 654-680
Author(s):  
Serghei Musaji ◽  
Julio De Castro
Keyword(s):  
Future Research ◽  
Team Composition ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Team Diversity ◽  
Entrepreneurial Teams ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Fertile Ground ◽  
Active Debate ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

Despite the continuous interest in studying entrepreneurial teams, the relationship between team composition and, particularly, team diversity and performance remains fertile ground for active debate. Taking roots in the knowledge-based view and organizational learning literatures, this chapter argues that performance in entrepreneurial teams is contingent on (a) the overlap between team members’ knowledge/competences and the content of the performed tasks, (b) the duplication of the team members’ knowledge in the areas with that content, (c) the nature of tasks (exploration or exploitation), (d) the team’s flexibility to adapt to changes in the content and nature of those tasks, and (e) the rate of environmental change. Because an important source of ambiguity in the understanding of how team diversity and performance are linked ties to issues of how team diversity is conceptualized and operationalized, the chapter also proposes a new way of looking at diversity in future research.

scholarly journals Impact of Execution Planning on Agile Project Success with Mediating and Moderating Mechanism

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12S) ◽  
pp. 668-672
Keyword(s):  
Information Sharing ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Agile Methodology ◽  
Organization Effectiveness ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The present study investigated the impact of execution planning on agile project success with the mediating role of information sharing and moderating role of organization effectiveness because of the highlighted importance of agile methodology in the project industry due to its interactive customer collaborative approach. For this purpose, data were collected from software industry in Pakistan who utilize agile methodology in their projects. 300 completed questionnaires were received from the distributed and 280 were utilized for data analysis. The results delineated that execution planning has positive and significant relationship with agile project success. Similarly, the results indicated that information sharing mediates the relationship between execution planning and agile project success. Furthermore, the data showed that organization effectiveness moderates the relationship of execution planning and information sharing. Lastly, we conclude with theoretical and practical implications as well as future research directions.

Diversity as Disagreement: The Role of Group Conflict

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen A. Jehn ◽  
Lindred L. Greer
Keyword(s):  
Future Research ◽  
Group Conflict ◽  
Group Effectiveness ◽  
Team Diversity ◽  
Team Outcomes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Conflict is critical for determining diversity’s influence on group effectiveness. A considerable amount of work has amassed on the relationships between team diversity, conflict, and team outcomes. This chapter will briefly review recent findings and developments in this area. Three specific complexities needing future research will then be highlighted, with special attention to how diversity may promote not only conflict but also asymmetric experiences of conflict in teams. The three areas for future research are (1) the role of different conceptualizations and operationalizations of diversity in predicting the emergence and asymmetric experience of conflict in teams; (2) the impact of new and understudied forms of diversity, such as lifestyle diversity or power diversity, on conflict and conflict asymmetries; and (3) the role of the perception of diversity in activating the relationship between diversity and conflict asymmetries.

Conclusion

2021 ◽  
pp. 237-244
Author(s):  
James D. Reich
Keyword(s):  
South Asian ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Religion And Literature ◽  
Intellectual Culture ◽  
Theory Of Religion ◽  
Main Ideas ◽  
Future Work ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Theoretical Issues ◽  
South Asian Religion

The Conclusion recapitulates the book’s main arguments, as well as the main ideas of each thinker treated. It takes a step back to explore the relationship between these thinkers’ ideas and the broader inter-religious climate of Kashmir in these centuries, and then draws out some of the major implications that these ideas may hold for how we understand these thinkers and the intellectual culture of Kashmir in this period. The Conclusion also returns to the theoretical issues raised in the Introduction, discussing the role that the theory of “religion-as-vortex” might play in future research on South Asian religion—and literature more broadly—and suggesting some possible avenues for future work.

Newcomers' Future Work Selves, Perceived Supervisor Support, and Proactive Socialization in Chinese Organizations

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (9) ◽  
pp. 1457-1472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanhong Zhang ◽  
Jianqiao Liao ◽  
Yanling Yan ◽  
Yun Guo
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Supervisor Support ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Future Research ◽  
New Employees ◽  
Perceived Supervisor Support ◽  
Future Work ◽  
The Relationship

Based on self-determination theory, we examined how new employees' (newcomers) future work selves and perceived level of supervisor support influence newcomers' proactive socialization in the workplace, a factor that leads to better long-term adjustment. We conducted a survey using a 3-wave longitudinal design with 295 people employed in a range of organizations in China. Results indicate that level of perceived supervisor support had a significant influence on the relationship between newcomers' future work selves and their proactive adjustment behavior, such that the relationship became stronger as perceived supervisor support increased. In addition, we found that newcomers' proactive adjustment behavior was positively related to both the quality of their social integration and their job performance. Theoretical and practical implications and directions for future research are discussed.

Opening the Black Box of Effectuation Processes: Characteristics and Dominant Types

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Jiang ◽  
Charles-Clemens Rüling
Keyword(s):  
High Technology ◽  
Black Box ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Case Research ◽  
Process Characteristics ◽  
Conceptual Clarity ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
The Relationship

In this paper, we open the black box of effectuation as a process by identifying effectuation process characteristics and patterns and thereby unveiling the heterogeneity of effectuation processes. Based on a multiple case research approach, sequential qualitative analysis is used to contrast similarities and differences in effectuation processes among six high-technology ventures. By theorizing the relationship between effectuation principles and process characteristics, we increase the conceptual clarity of effectuation theory and provide insights into how effectuation may be operationalized for scholars in future research.

Relationship between corporate governance and firm performance: Metadata analysis for M&A participating firms

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 45-55
Author(s):  
Sarika Kumar ◽  
Sheeba Kapil
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Mergers And Acquisitions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
The Past ◽  
Metadata Analysis ◽  
Future Work ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This paper is an attempt to overview the academic literature on the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market and further focuses on the relationship between corporate governance (CG) and firm performance in M&A participating firms by systematizing the existing knowledge and further deriving specific implications for the future work scope. M&A market experiences trillions of USD dollar deals on yearly basis. Therefore, M&A becomes the highly studied area by the researchers for analysis of different combinations between CG, firm performance, takeovers, mergers, acquisitions, etc. In this paper, the research has been carried out as a structural assessment of the past fourteen years of research on different CG variables and firm performance. Further, it has been observed that the majority of research has been conducted to identify the impact of specific bid characteristics of CG on firm performance however; there is a dearth of study to analyze the relation between CG and firm performance for the firms actively participating in M&A market as an acquirer or as a target. In lieu of this, the paper has extracted the prospective area of the study and provided a path towards future research. This review will be useful for academicians and researchers working in the area of CG and M&A, and firm performance

Emotionally Engaged Civil Servants: Toward a Multilevel Theory and Multisource Analysis in Public Administration

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 426-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zehavit Levitats ◽  
Eran Vigoda-Gadot
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Public Employees ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Multilevel Theory ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Emotionally Intelligent

Excellent public services build on excellent civil servants who are both emotionally intelligent and engaged in their work. This article proposes a conceptual framework for a better understanding of the relationship between public employees and their complex workplaces. We focus on the engagement of civil servants, the role of managers’ and employees’ emotional intelligence, and on employees’ public service motivation (PSM) to provide better services to citizens. We develop three major propositions: (a) the positive effect of employees’ emotional intelligence on their engagement, (b) the moderating effect of managers’ emotional intelligence on the relationship between their employees’ emotional intelligence and engagement, and (c) the moderating effect of employees’ PSM on the relationship between public servants’ emotional intelligence and their engagement. Our conceptual framework may set the stage for future research on civil servants’ engagement and emotional intelligence and their aggregate impact on the quality of government actions and services.

scholarly journals A Socio-Technical Perspective on the Application of Green Ergonomics to Open-Plan Offices: A Review of the Literature and Recommendations for Future Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8236
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Norton ◽  
Oluremi B. Ayoko ◽  
Neal M. Ashkanasy
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Green Technology ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Systems Perspective ◽  
Open Plan ◽  
Green Behavior ◽  
The Relationship

Open-plan office (OPO) layouts emerged to allow organizations to adapt to changing workplace demands. We explore the potential for OPOs to provide such adaptive capacity to respond to two contemporary issues for organizations: the chronic challenge of environmental sustainability, and the acute challenges emerging from the great COVID-19 homeworking experiment. We apply a socio-technical systems perspective and green ergonomics principles to investigate the relationship between an OPO environment and the occupants working within it. In doing so, we consider relevant technical and human factors, such as green technology and employee green behavior. We also consider how a green OPO might provide non-carbon benefits such as improving occupant well-being and supporting the emergence of a green organizational culture. Our investigation highlights several avenues through which an OPO designed with green ergonomic principles could benefit occupants, the organizations they work for, and the natural environment of which they are a part and on which they depend. We find reason to suspect that green OPOs could play an important role in sustainable development; and offer a research agenda to help determine whether it is true that OPOs can, indeed, exemplify how “going green” may be good for business.

Symptoms of Alcohol Dependence Predict Suicide Ideation Among Alaskan Undergraduates

Crisis ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 232-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher R. DeCou ◽  
Monica C. Skewes
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Alcohol Dependence ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
Alcohol Problems ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Causal Mechanism ◽  
Students At Risk ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Alcohol Related Problems

Abstract. Background: Previous research has demonstrated an association between alcohol-related problems and suicidal ideation (SI). Aims: The present study evaluated, simultaneously, alcohol consequences and symptoms of alcohol dependence as predictors of SI after adjusting for depressive symptoms and alcohol consumption. Method: A sample of 298 Alaskan undergraduates completed survey measures, including the Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire, the Short Alcohol Dependence Data Questionnaire, and the Beck Depression Inventory – II. The association between alcohol problems and SI status was evaluated using sequential logistic regression. Results: Symptoms of alcohol dependence (OR = 1.88, p < .05), but not alcohol-related consequences (OR = 1.01, p = .95), emerged as an independent predictor of SI status above and beyond depressive symptoms (OR = 2.39, p < .001) and alcohol consumption (OR = 1.08, p = .39). Conclusion: Alcohol dependence symptoms represented a unique risk for SI relative to alcohol-related consequences and alcohol consumption. Future research should examine the causal mechanism behind the relationship between alcohol dependence and suicidality among university students. Assessing the presence of dependence symptoms may improve the accuracy of identifying students at risk of SI.

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