How and when team regulatory focus influences team innovation and member creativity. Issue 1 (5th February 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Li, Ci-Rong; Li, Chun-Xuan; Lin, Chen-Ju
• Is Part Of: Personnel review. Volume 47:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 95
• Page End: 117
• Publication Date: 2018-02-05
• Subjects: Bureaucracy -- Innovation -- Creativity -- Quantitative -- Team regulatory focus; Personnel management -- Periodicals; 658.3005
• DOI: 10.1108/PR-09-2016-0236
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0048-3486

Abstract

Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to test how team regulatory focus may relate to individual creativity and team innovation; and address the fit/misfit issue of team regulatory focus and team bureaucracy. Design/methodology/approach: The authors collected data from 377 members and their leaders within 56 R&D teams in two Taiwanese companies. Findings: A team promotion focus was positively related, whereas a team prevention focus was negatively related, to both team innovation and member creativity through team perspective taking and employee information elaboration, respectively. Furthermore, team bureaucracy played a moderating role that suppressed the indirect relationship between team regulatory focus and creativity. Originality/value: This is one of first studies to explore an underlying mechanism linking team regulatory focus and both team innovation and member creativity. The authors provide a more complete view of the creative and innovation implications of team-level self-regulation.