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When is educational specialization heterogeneity related to creativity in research and development teams? Transformational leadership as a moderator.
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The authors examined conditions under which teams' educational specialization heterogeneity was positively related to team creativity. Using a sample of 75 research and development teams, the authors theorized and found that transformational leadership and educational specialization heterogeneity interacted to affect team creativity in such a way that when transformational leadership was high, teams with greater educational specialization heterogeneity exhibited greater team creativity. In addition, teams' creative efficacy mediated this moderated relationship among educational specialization heterogeneity, transformational leadership, and team creativity. The authors discuss the implications of these results for research and practice.
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- Authors
- Shin, S. J., & Zhou, J.
- Affiliations
- Washington State University Tri-Cities (US)
- Rice University (US)
- ORCID
- Zhou, Jing
- Venue
- Journal of Applied Psychology
- Published
- 2007-11
- Volume
- 92
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1709-1721
- ISSN
- 0021-9010 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1854
- OpenAlex
- W2070014147
- Cited by
- 845
- References
- 96
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- FWCI
- 17.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Applied Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Team Dynamics and Performance
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Employee Performance and Leadership
- Keywords
- team creativity, R&D teams, transformational leadership, moderated mediation, team diversity
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Cooperative Behavior, Creativity, Educational Status, Employment, Female, Humans, Leadership, Male, Research
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