Collective efficacy as a mediator between cooperative group norms and group positive affect and team creativity

Abstract

In spite of a growing body of research on creativity in team contexts, very few researchers have paid attention to the team-level antecedents and mediating processes of team creativity. To fill this gap, drawing on social cognitive theory and Dzindolet's group creativity process model, this study examined cooperative group norms and group positive affect as antecedents of team creativity and explored collective efficacy as an intermediary mechanism between these relationships. The current study was conducted with 97 work teams from 12 different South Korean organizations. As predicted, the results demonstrated that cooperative group norms and group positive affect were positively associated with team creativity, and that collective efficacy mediated these relationships. The findings offer theoretical and practical implications regarding the creativity of work teams.

Positive Group Affective Tone and Team Creative Performance and Change‐Oriented Organizational Citizenship Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model

“…positive affect and creativity at the team level (Shin, 2014). In line with this stream of research, although very little, prior work has identified collective efficacy (Kim & Shin, 2015), team promotion focus, and team reflexivity (Shin, 2014) as mediators of the PGAT-team creativity relationship. Replicating Shin's (2014) findings, our study demonstrated that team reflexivity was a key intermediary process underlying the relationships between PGAT and team creative performance and change OCB.…”

“…Given that future‐oriented, improvement‐related actions are becoming increasingly important to organizational effectiveness (Choi, ), our study aims at unveiling the crucial antecedent and mechanism leading to the creative performance and change OCB of work teams. Drawing on the literature on affect, creativity, and OCB (e.g., George, ; Kim & Shin, ; Rhee, ; Shin, ; Tsai, Chi, Grandey, & Fung, ), we isolate positive group affective tone (PGAT) as a primary antecedent of team creative performance and team change OCB. Although scant prior research has identified collective efficacy (e.g., Kim & Shin, ), team reflexivity, and team promotion focus (e.g., Shin, ) as critical mediating mechanisms underlying the relationship between PGAT and team creativity.…”

“…Drawing on the literature on affect, creativity, and OCB (e.g., George, ; Kim & Shin, ; Rhee, ; Shin, ; Tsai, Chi, Grandey, & Fung, ), we isolate positive group affective tone (PGAT) as a primary antecedent of team creative performance and team change OCB. Although scant prior research has identified collective efficacy (e.g., Kim & Shin, ), team reflexivity, and team promotion focus (e.g., Shin, ) as critical mediating mechanisms underlying the relationship between PGAT and team creativity. Of these three mediators, we attend to the role of team reflexivity as a linking mechanism between PGAT and team creative performance and change OCB.…”

Positive Affect as Mediator between Emotional Intelligence and Creativity: An Empirical Study from India

“…Positive affect has been identified as a probable antecedent to creativity (Baas, De Dreu, & Nijstad, 2008;Kim & Shin, 2015). Clore, Schwarz, and Conway (1994) suggested that creativity may be fostered when some cognitive variations occur due to the experience of positive affect.…”

How Does Corporate Social Responsibility Promote Innovation? The Sequential Mediating Mechanism of Employees’ Meaningfulness of Work and Intrinsic Motivation

“…Overall, the group creativity model suggests a theoretical framework that explains how input variables (e.g., group norms, organizational structure and goals, diversity and cohesiveness of group, and group members' personalities and abilities) affect group-level creativity. This frame emphasizes the important role of various intermediating processes (i.e., cognitive, motivational, and social processes) between input factors and creativity [16,17]. Because CSR activities could be interpreted as both critical group norms and an organizational goal, CSR can be an important input factor.…”