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Publication Date: 2007-Nov
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When Is Educational Specialization Heterogeneity Related to Creativity in Research and Development Teams? Transformational Leadership as a Moderator
Shin, Shung J.; Zhou, Jing
Journal of Applied Psychology, v92 n6 p1709-1721 Nov 2007
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. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Specialization, Educational Background, Differences, Creativity, Research and Development, Group Dynamics, Transformational Leadership, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Korea
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