Developing Team Creativity: The Influence of Psychological Safety and Relation‐Oriented Shared Leadership. Issue 2 (30th January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Han, Soo Jeoung; Lee, Yunsoo; Beyerlein, Michael
• Is Part Of: Performance improvement quarterly. Volume 32:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 159
• Page End: 182
• Publication Date: 2019-01-30
• Subjects: Performance technology -- Periodicals; Performance -- Periodicals; Organizational effectiveness -- Periodicals; Employees -- Training of -- Periodicals; Educational technology -- Periodicals; 658.401305
• DOI: 10.1002/piq.21293
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0898-5952

Abstract

Abstract : This study examines the effects of a psychosocially safe environment and two types of shared leadership on project team creativity. We focused on specific dimensions of shared leadership to examine their association with creative outcomes. To measure the dimensions, we conducted a survey of 260 graduate and undergraduate students working in project teams at a large Southwestern university. We found that a psychologically safe environment enabled team members to perform task‐oriented and relation‐oriented tasks. However, only relation‐oriented shared leadership positively influenced team creativity. Based on our findings, we provided research and practical implications, as well as study limitations and future research suggestions.