Cognitive Team Diversity and Individual Team Member Creativity: A Cross-Level Interaction

Posted: 20 Jul 2015

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Tae-Yeol Kim

China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)

Shung J Shin

Independent

Jeong Yeon Lee

Yonsei University

Lin Bian

City University of Hong Kong (CityU)

Date Written: 2012

Abstract

We theorized and tested the conditions under which cognitive team diversity is positively related to individual team member creativity. Hierarchical linear modeling results using 316 employees on 68 teams from Chinese companies indicated that a team member’s creative self-efficacy moderated the relationship between cognitive team diversity and individual creativity: this relationship was positive only when creative self-efficacy was high. Further, “transformational leadership” moderated the relationship in such a way that cognitive team diversity was positively related to individual creativity only when transformational leadership was high.

Suggested Citation

Kim, Tae-Yeol and Shin, Shung J and Lee, Jeong Yeon and Bian, Lin, Cognitive Team Diversity and Individual Team Member Creativity: A Cross-Level Interaction (2012). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2633058

Tae-Yeol Kim

China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) ( email )

Shanghai-Hongfeng Road
Shanghai 201206
Shanghai 201206
China

Jeong Yeon Lee

Yonsei University ( email )

Seoul
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

Lin Bian

City University of Hong Kong (CityU)

83 Tat Chee Avenue
Kowloon
Hong Kong

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