ERIC Number: EJ1257069
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Publication Date: 2020-Jun
Pages: 15
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Translating External Knowledge to Team Creativity in Turbulent Environments: The Role of Absorptive Capacity and Knowledge Integration
Men, Chenghao; Luo, Jinlian; Fong, Patrick S. W.; Zhong, Jing; Huo, Weiwei
Journal of Creative Behavior, v54 n2 p363-377 Jun 2020
In seeking to understand factors contributing to team creativity in dynamic environments, we explored the role of external knowledge search on team creativity through absorptive capacity and knowledge integration. We tested our hypotheses with a sample of 96 teams involving 421 employees in China. Results demonstrated that external knowledge search related positively to team creativity, fully mediated by both absorptive capacity and knowledge integration. In addition, environmental dynamism played a moderating role in the relation between external knowledge search and absorptive capacity, as well as in the relation between external knowledge search and knowledge integration. We discussed the implications of these findings for research and practice.
Descriptors: Creativity, Teamwork, Role, Knowledge Level, Employees, Group Dynamics, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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