Investigating indirect influences of team composition on team innovation: qualitative evidence from parallel teams in Malaysian organizations

This article reports qualitative findings on how team composition influences team innovation through ‘team interaction processes’ and ‘emergent states’, which can be described by the ‘team reflexivity’ and ‘team innovation climate’ variables. Given that team composition generally related to ‘bio-dem...

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Main Authors: Abdullah, M., Quaddus, Mohammed
Other Authors: Kevin Voges
Format: Conference Paper
Published: ANZAM 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45882
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description This article reports qualitative findings on how team composition influences team innovation through ‘team interaction processes’ and ‘emergent states’, which can be described by the ‘team reflexivity’ and ‘team innovation climate’ variables. Given that team composition generally related to ‘bio-demographic’ and ‘task-related’ diversities, this study explores which diversity is related to team reflexivity and innovation climate. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with members of parallel teams in Malaysian organizations. Content analysis of the interview transcripts revealed that bio-demographic diversity affects only one of the four dimensions of the innovation climate, which then influences team reflexivity. Task-related diversity was found to have a direct influence on team reflexivity, but was not related to any dimension of the innovation climate.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-458822023-02-02T07:57:34Z Investigating indirect influences of team composition on team innovation: qualitative evidence from parallel teams in Malaysian organizations Abdullah, M. Quaddus, Mohammed Kevin Voges Bob Cavana team innovation Team processes group dynamics group processes This article reports qualitative findings on how team composition influences team innovation through ‘team interaction processes’ and ‘emergent states’, which can be described by the ‘team reflexivity’ and ‘team innovation climate’ variables. Given that team composition generally related to ‘bio-demographic’ and ‘task-related’ diversities, this study explores which diversity is related to team reflexivity and innovation climate. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with members of parallel teams in Malaysian organizations. Content analysis of the interview transcripts revealed that bio-demographic diversity affects only one of the four dimensions of the innovation climate, which then influences team reflexivity. Task-related diversity was found to have a direct influence on team reflexivity, but was not related to any dimension of the innovation climate. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45882 ANZAM fulltext
spellingShingle team innovation
Team processes
group dynamics
group processes
Abdullah, M.
Quaddus, Mohammed
Investigating indirect influences of team composition on team innovation: qualitative evidence from parallel teams in Malaysian organizations
title Investigating indirect influences of team composition on team innovation: qualitative evidence from parallel teams in Malaysian organizations
title_full Investigating indirect influences of team composition on team innovation: qualitative evidence from parallel teams in Malaysian organizations
title_fullStr Investigating indirect influences of team composition on team innovation: qualitative evidence from parallel teams in Malaysian organizations
title_full_unstemmed Investigating indirect influences of team composition on team innovation: qualitative evidence from parallel teams in Malaysian organizations
title_short Investigating indirect influences of team composition on team innovation: qualitative evidence from parallel teams in Malaysian organizations
title_sort investigating indirect influences of team composition on team innovation: qualitative evidence from parallel teams in malaysian organizations
topic team innovation
Team processes
group dynamics
group processes
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45882