Unlocking the effects of gender faultlines on team creativity: Is activation the key?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Pearsall, Matthew J.; Ellis, Aleksander P. J.; Evans, Joel M.
• 署名单位: University of Arizona
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.93.1.225
• 发表日期: 2008
• 页码: 225-234
• 关键词: fauldines; teams; creativity; CONFLICT

摘要

The purpose of this study was to use faultline theory to examine the effects of gender diversity on team creativity. Results from 80 teams working on an idea generation task indicated that the activation of gender faultlines negatively affected the number and overall creativity of ideas. However, gender faultlines that were not activated had no effect. Results also indicated that the relationship between activated gender faullines and team creativity was partially mediated by the level of conflict within the team. Specifically, emotional conflict partially mediated the effects of activated gender faultlines on the number of ideas generated. Implications are discussed, as well as possible limitations and directions for future research.