Creating, Growing and Sustaining Efficient Innovation Teams

DeCusatis, Casimer

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8691.2008.00478.x

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Creating, Growing and Sustaining Efficient Innovation Teams

DeCusatis, Casimer·2008·Creativity and Innovation Management

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Economic forces such as the growing service economy and commoditization of traditional value chains have led many organizations to pursue breakthrough innovations as part of their business strategy. There has been an increased interest in collaboration and teamwork as catalysts of innovation, often without a clear understanding of the different kinds of teams that can be used to foster innovation or the kinds of team building that will be most likely to yield desired results. The author describes a framework for innovation teams, ranging from highly structured to spontaneous, giving examples of how different kinds of teams relate to the characteristics of the next generation of innovators. A case study illustrates how one approach using preference profiling is more likely to yield tangible results from an innovation team.

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Team trust is a critical antecedent of both collaborative culture and team creativity.
“Given that team trust is a critical antecedent of both of these constructs (Hattori & Lapidus, 2004;Evans & Wolf, 2005;DeCusatis, 2008)”
From Antecedents of Team Creativity: An Examination of Team Emotional Intelligence, Team Trust and Collaborative Culture (2010) · cites this paper as DeCusatis, 2008
Collaboration itself has been found to lead to creative outcomes.
“In addition, collaboration itself has been found to lead to creative outcomes (DeCusatis, 2008).”
From Antecedents of Team Creativity: An Examination of Team Emotional Intelligence, Team Trust and Collaborative Culture (2010) · cites this paper as DeCusatis, 2008
The quality of collaboration has a positive impact on creativity and team performance.
“Prior research indicates that the quality of collaboration has a positive impact on creativity and team performance (Hoegl & Gemuenden, 2001;DeCusatis, 2008).”
From Antecedents of Team Creativity: An Examination of Team Emotional Intelligence, Team Trust and Collaborative Culture (2010) · cites this paper as DeCusatis, 2008
Collaborative culture leads to higher levels of team creativity.
“Team trust, in turn, helps build a collaborative culture which leads to higher levels of team creativity.”
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Authors: DeCusatis, C.
Corresponding author: DeCusatis, Casimer
ORCID: DeCusatis, Casimer
Venue: Creativity and Innovation Management
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2008-05-06
Volume: 17
Issue: 2
Pages: 155-164
ISSN: 0963-1690 (ISSN-L)
1467-8691
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2008.00478.x
OpenAlex: W2128335226
Semantic Scholar: 49e41f7f0884baf20d4ac44baff01b2cdd57d2d4
Cited by: 64
References: 7
Citations by year: 2025: 4 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 4
FWCI: 5.80
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations: Creativity and Innovation Management (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Team Dynamics and Performance
Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Innovation and Knowledge Management
Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Design Education and Practice
Keywords: innovation teams, team building, team structure, collaboration, teamwork, breakthrough innovation, team characteristics

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