The Relationship between Team Hometown Diversity and Team Creativity: From the Chinese Perspective
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theory and Hypothesis
2.1. Team Hometown Diversity and Team Information Exchange
2.2. Moderation Effect of Team Identification
2.3. Team hometown Diversity and Team Creativity
2.4. Team Information Exchange and Team Creativity
2.5. Mediation Effect of Team Information Exchange
2.6. Moderation Effect of Team Conformity
3. Methods
3.1. Participants and Procedure
3.2. Measurements
3.2.1. Team Hometown Diversity
3.2.2. Team Information Exchange
3.2.3. Team Identification
3.2.4. Team Creativity
3.2.5. Team Conformity
3.2.6. Control Variables
3.3. Mediation and Moderation
3.4. Validity
4. Results
4.1. Preliminary Analysis
4.2. Findings
5. Discussion
5.1. Findings
5.2. Theoretical Implications
5.3. Practical Implications
5.4. Limitations and Future Research
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.GD | 0.32 | 0.19 | — | ||||||||
2.AD | 0.46 | 0.19 | 0.225 | — | |||||||
3.TD | 0.47 | 0.20 | 0.164 | 0.399 ** | — | ||||||
4.TS | 5.63 | 2.89 | 0.328 * | 0.246 | 0.331 * | — | |||||
5.HD | 0.69 | 0.19 | 0.164 | 0.026 | 0.033 | 0.514 ** | — | ||||
6.IE | 3.41 | 0.54 | −0.168 | 0.05 | 0.006 | −0.514 ** | −0.783 ** | — | |||
7.TI | 2.64 | 0.69 | −0.244 | −0.196 | −0.048 | −0.608 ** | −0.710 ** | 0.779 ** | — | ||
8.CO | 2.51 | 0.42 | 0.076 | −0.233 | 0.212 | 0.058 | −0.055 | 0.046 | 0.013 | — | |
9.CR | 3.63 | 0.65 | −0.149 | 0.016 | 0.034 | −0.487 ** | −0.798 ** | 0.862 ** | 0.820 ** | −0.055 | — |
Independent Variable | Model 1: Team Information Exchange | Model 2: Team Creativity | |||||||
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Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | |
Control variables | |||||||||
GD | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | −0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | −0.02 |
AD | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.07 | 0.00 | −0.04 | −0.05 |
TD | 0.20 | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.22 | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.05 |
TS | −0.10 ** | −0.03 | 0.00 | 0.01 | −0.11 ** | −0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | −0.01 |
Main effects | |||||||||
HD | −2.04 ** | −1.34 ** | −1.82 ** | −2.61 ** | −1.10 ** | −1.13 ** | −1.10 | ||
TI | 0.35 ** | 0.37 ** | |||||||
IE | 0.74 ** | 0.75 ** | 0.69 ** | ||||||
CO | −0.16 | −0.16 | |||||||
Interactions | |||||||||
HD*TI | 0.88 ** | ||||||||
IE*CO | 0.49 ** | ||||||||
R2 | 0.26 | 0.63 | 0.71 | 0.75 | 0.24 | 0.64 | 0.78 | 0.79 | 0.82 |
Adj-R2 | 0.25 | 0.62 | 0.71 | 0.75 | 0.22 | 0.63 | 0.77 | 0.76 | 0.80 |
ΔR2 | 0.27 | 0.37 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.24 | 0.40 | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.03 |
F | 18.68 ** | 43.56 ** | 41.57 ** | 37.00 ** | 16.14 ** | 46.15 ** | 59.65 ** | 46.54 ** | 42.84 ** |
ΔF | 18.68 ** | 50.61 ** | 14.51 ** | 7.39 ** | 16.14 ** | 58.36 ** | 31.48 ** | 2.36 | 6.64 ** |
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Li, J.; Zhao, M.; Xia, G.; Liu, C. The Relationship between Team Hometown Diversity and Team Creativity: From the Chinese Perspective. Sustainability 2018, 10, 3458. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103458
Li J, Zhao M, Xia G, Liu C. The Relationship between Team Hometown Diversity and Team Creativity: From the Chinese Perspective. Sustainability. 2018; 10(10):3458. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103458
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Jingli, Min Zhao, Guanjun Xia, and Chao Liu. 2018. "The Relationship between Team Hometown Diversity and Team Creativity: From the Chinese Perspective" Sustainability 10, no. 10: 3458. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103458