Joint Impact of Interdependence and Group Diversity on Innovation
研究团队中个体感知的任务和目标相互依赖性如何在不同多样性水平的团队中影响创新行为,发现异质性团队中任务相互依赖性与创新行为的关系取决于目标相互依赖性的高低。
This questionnaire study among 343 members of 41 work teams in a financial services organization examined the effects of individual team members’ perceived task interdependence and perceived goal interdependence on innovative behavior in teams characterized by different levels of group diversity. Multilevel analyses revealed that individual’s perceived task and goal interdependence were not related to innovative behavior in homogeneous teams. In heterogeneous teams, however, task interdependence was strongly and positively related to innovative behavior for individuals who perceived high levels of goal interdependence, and unrelated to innovative behavior for those who perceived low levels of goal interdependence.