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Title: How and when team regulatory focus influences team innovation and member creativity.
Authors: Li, Ci-Rong1,2 cirongli@gmail.com, Li, Chun-Xuan1,2 d9532001@gmail.com, Lin, Chen-Ju1,2 jzlin0208@gmail.com
Source: Personnel Review. 2018, Vol. 47 Issue 1, p95-117. 23p.
Subject Terms: *Bureaucracy, Teams in the workplace, Innovations in business, Creative ability in business, Innovation management
Abstract: Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test how team regulatory focus may relate to individual creativity and team innovation; and address the fit/misfit issue of team regulatory focus and team bureaucracy.Design/methodology/approach The authors collected data from 377 members and their leaders within 56 R&D teams in two Taiwanese companies.Findings A team promotion focus was positively related, whereas a team prevention focus was negatively related, to both team innovation and member creativity through team perspective taking and employee information elaboration, respectively. Furthermore, team bureaucracy played a moderating role that suppressed the indirect relationship between team regulatory focus and creativity.Originality/value This is one of first studies to explore an underlying mechanism linking team regulatory focus and both team innovation and member creativity. The authors provide a more complete view of the creative and innovation implications of team-level self-regulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test how team regulatory focus may relate to individual creativity and team innovation; and address the fit/misfit issue of team regulatory focus and team bureaucracy.Design/methodology/approach The authors collected data from 377 members and their leaders within 56 R&D teams in two Taiwanese companies.Findings A team promotion focus was positively related, whereas a team prevention focus was negatively related, to both team innovation and member creativity through team perspective taking and employee information elaboration, respectively. Furthermore, team bureaucracy played a moderating role that suppressed the indirect relationship between team regulatory focus and creativity.Originality/value This is one of first studies to explore an underlying mechanism linking team regulatory focus and both team innovation and member creativity. The authors provide a more complete view of the creative and innovation implications of team-level self-regulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:00483486
DOI:10.1108/PR-09-2016-0236