Team creativity/innovation in culturally diverse teams: A meta‐analysis

This meta-analysis investigates the direction and strength of the relationship between diversity in culturally diverse teams and team creativity/innovation. We distinguish the effects of two diversity levels (i.e., surface- versus deep-level) in culturally diverse teams and examine the moderators su...

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Main Authors: Wang, Jie, Cheng, Grand H.‐L., Chen, Tingting, Leung, Kwok
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Language:English
Published: John Wiley and Sons Ltd 2019
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59534/
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Cheng, Grand H.‐L.
Chen, Tingting
Leung, Kwok
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Chen, Tingting
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description This meta-analysis investigates the direction and strength of the relationship between diversity in culturally diverse teams and team creativity/innovation. We distinguish the effects of two diversity levels (i.e., surface- versus deep-level) in culturally diverse teams and examine the moderators suggested by the socio-technical systems framework (i.e., team virtuality and task characteristics in terms of task interdependence, complexity, and intellectiveness). Surface-level diversity in culturally diverse teams is not related to team creativity/innovation, while deep-level diversity in culturally diverse teams is positively related to team creativity/innovation. Moreover, surface-level diversity in culturally diverse teams and team creativity/innovation are negatively related for simple tasks, but unrelated for complex tasks. Deep-level diversity in culturally diverse teams and team creativity/innovation are positively related for collocated teams and interdependent tasks, but unrelated for non-collocated teams and independent tasks. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications.
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spelling nottingham-595342019-12-11T01:53:08Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59534/ Team creativity/innovation in culturally diverse teams: A meta‐analysis Wang, Jie Cheng, Grand H.‐L. Chen, Tingting Leung, Kwok This meta-analysis investigates the direction and strength of the relationship between diversity in culturally diverse teams and team creativity/innovation. We distinguish the effects of two diversity levels (i.e., surface- versus deep-level) in culturally diverse teams and examine the moderators suggested by the socio-technical systems framework (i.e., team virtuality and task characteristics in terms of task interdependence, complexity, and intellectiveness). Surface-level diversity in culturally diverse teams is not related to team creativity/innovation, while deep-level diversity in culturally diverse teams is positively related to team creativity/innovation. Moreover, surface-level diversity in culturally diverse teams and team creativity/innovation are negatively related for simple tasks, but unrelated for complex tasks. Deep-level diversity in culturally diverse teams and team creativity/innovation are positively related for collocated teams and interdependent tasks, but unrelated for non-collocated teams and independent tasks. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications. John Wiley and Sons Ltd 2019-02-27 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59534/1/JOB-Main%20document_merged.pdf Wang, Jie, Cheng, Grand H.‐L., Chen, Tingting and Leung, Kwok (2019) Team creativity/innovation in culturally diverse teams: A meta‐analysis. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 40 (6). pp. 693-708. ISSN 0894-3796 cultural diversity; surface- versus deep-level; team creativity; team innovation; meta-analysis http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/job.2362 doi:10.1002/job.2362 doi:10.1002/job.2362
spellingShingle cultural diversity; surface- versus deep-level; team creativity; team innovation; meta-analysis
Wang, Jie
Cheng, Grand H.‐L.
Chen, Tingting
Leung, Kwok
Team creativity/innovation in culturally diverse teams: A meta‐analysis
title Team creativity/innovation in culturally diverse teams: A meta‐analysis
title_full Team creativity/innovation in culturally diverse teams: A meta‐analysis
title_fullStr Team creativity/innovation in culturally diverse teams: A meta‐analysis
title_full_unstemmed Team creativity/innovation in culturally diverse teams: A meta‐analysis
title_short Team creativity/innovation in culturally diverse teams: A meta‐analysis
title_sort team creativity/innovation in culturally diverse teams: a meta‐analysis
topic cultural diversity; surface- versus deep-level; team creativity; team innovation; meta-analysis
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59534/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59534/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59534/