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A Multilevel Model of Team Cultural Diversity and Creativity: The Role of Climate for Inclusion

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Title: A Multilevel Model of Team Cultural Diversity and Creativity: The Role of Climate for Inclusion
Language: English
Authors: Li, Ci-Rong, Lin, Chen-Ju, Tien, Yun-Hsiang, Chen, Chien-Ming
Source: Journal of Creative Behavior. Jun 2017 51(2):163-179.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 17
Publication Date: 2017
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Teamwork, Cultural Pluralism, Ethnic Diversity, Creativity, Inclusion, Information Dissemination, Employees, Data Collection, Group Dynamics
DOI: 10.1002/jocb.93
ISSN: 0022-0175
Abstract: We developed a multi-level model to test how team cultural diversity may relate to team- and individual-level creativity, integrating team diversity research and information-exchange perspective. We proposed that the team climate for inclusion would moderate both the relationship between cultural diversity and team information sharing and between cultural diversity and employee information elaboration. We collected time-lagged data from 384 members and their leaders within 57 multicultural work teams. The results showed that team cultural diversity was positively related to both team creativity and individual creativity through team information sharing and employee information elaboration, respectively. We also found that the indirect positive relationship with team creativity and individual creativity was stronger for team cultural diversity when climate for inclusion of multicultural work teams was stronger.
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Entry Date: 2017
Accession Number: EJ1143187
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:We developed a multi-level model to test how team cultural diversity may relate to team- and individual-level creativity, integrating team diversity research and information-exchange perspective. We proposed that the team climate for inclusion would moderate both the relationship between cultural diversity and team information sharing and between cultural diversity and employee information elaboration. We collected time-lagged data from 384 members and their leaders within 57 multicultural work teams. The results showed that team cultural diversity was positively related to both team creativity and individual creativity through team information sharing and employee information elaboration, respectively. We also found that the indirect positive relationship with team creativity and individual creativity was stronger for team cultural diversity when climate for inclusion of multicultural work teams was stronger.
ISSN:0022-0175
DOI:10.1002/jocb.93