Creating hybrid team cultures: An empirical test of transnational team functioning

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Earley, PC; Mosakowski, E
• 署名单位: Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington; IU Kelley School of Business
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/1556384
• 发表日期: 2000
• 页码: 26-49
• 关键词: ORGANIZATIONAL DEMOGRAPHY; MODEL; performance; task; simulation

摘要

Focusing on hybrid team culture within transnational teams as a facilitator of group interaction, we hypothesized a curvilinear relationship between team heterogeneity on nationality and effective performance. Through a qualitative field study, we developed a mediation model of the effects of transnational team dynamics. Two confirmatory laboratory studies followed. The hypothesized curvilinear relationship was confirmed, with homogeneous and highly heterogeneous teams outperforming moderately heterogeneous ones in the long run. Drawing from conceptual work on status hierarchies, group faultlines, and group membership, we discuss implications for team structures in transnational settings.