A Social Composition View of Team Creativity: The Role of Member Nationality-Heterogeneous Ties Outside of the Team

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Perry-Smith, Jill E.; Shalley, Christina E.
• 署名单位: Emory University; University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2014.0912
• 发表日期: 2014
• 页码: 1434-1452
• 关键词: Social networks; TEAM CREATIVITY; outside ties; nationality; TIE STRENGTH

摘要

We sought to understand team member informal social network ties outside of the team as a way to achieve cognitive variation within the team, thereby facilitating creativity. Specifically, we take a configural perspective, which emphasizes individual team members and the heterogeneity and strength of their outside ties. We theorize that these characteristics of outside ties are important because they amend members' schemas and the team's cognitive architecture. Results of a study of 82 long-term MBA project teams suggest that both outside ties with nationality-heterogeneous individuals and weak outside ties independently facilitate team creativity. In addition, nationality-heterogeneous outside ties that are weak rather than strong are associated with higher team creative performance.