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Antecedents of Team Creativity: An Examination of Team Emotional Intelligence, Team Trust and Collaborative Culture
Author(s) -
Barczak Gloria,
Lassk Felicia,
Mulki Jay
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
creativity and innovation management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.148
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1467-8691
pISSN - 0963-1690
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2010.00574.x
Subject(s) - creativity , antecedent (behavioral psychology) , leverage (statistics) , psychology , psychological safety , teamwork , emotional intelligence , team effectiveness , team composition , team learning , knowledge management , social psychology , management , pedagogy , cooperative learning , computer science , teaching method , economics , open learning , machine learning
Teams represent a dominant approach to getting work done in a business environment. Creativity enables teams to solve problems and leverage opportunities through the integration of divergent thoughts and perspectives. Prior research indicates that a collaborative culture, which affects how team members interact and work together, is a critical antecedent of team creativity. This study explores other antecedents of team creativity, namely, team emotional intelligence and team trust, and investigates the relationships among these precursors to creative effort. Using a survey of 82 student teams at a large university in the northeast United States, our findings suggest that team emotional intelligence promotes team trust. Trust, in turn, fosters a collaborative culture which enhances the creativity of the team. Cognitive trust also moderates the relationship between collaborative culture and team creativity. Implications of these results for managers and academics are discussed.