Does Team Culture Matter? Roles of Team Culture and Collective Regulatory Focus in Team Task and Creative Performance. (April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shin, Yuhyung; Kim, Mihee; Choi, Jin Nam; Lee, Sang-Hoon
• Is Part Of: Group & organization management. Volume 41:Number 2(2016:Apr.)
• Page Start: 232
• Page End: 265
• Publication Date: 2016-04
• Subjects: team culture -- internal process culture -- human relations culture -- rational goal culture -- open system culture -- collective regulatory focus -- prevention focus -- promotion focus -- task performance -- creative performance; Group relations training -- Periodicals; 658.4
• DOI: 10.1177/1059601115584998
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1059-6011

Abstract

Despite the vast amount of research on the antecedents of team performance, the role of subcultures in team contexts has only received scant attention. This study investigates the relationships between different types of team culture and team performance. Team-level analyses conducted on the leaders and members of 104 teams revealed a significant association between internal process team culture and team task performance, as well as a marginally significant relationship between human relations team culture and team task performance. Furthermore, team prevention focus mediated the relationships between internal process and human relations team cultures and team task performance. Team promotion focus mediated the relationship between open system team culture and team creative performance. These findings offer new insights regarding team culture, collective regulatory focus, and team performance.