Moser, K., Dawson, J. orcid.org/0000-0002-9365-8586 and West, M. (2019) Antecedents of team innovation in health care teams. Creativity and Innovation Management, 28 (1). pp. 72-81. ISSN 0963-1690
Abstract
We extend previous research on team innovation by looking at team‐level motivations and how a prosocial team environment, indicated by the level of helping behaviour and information‐sharing, may foster innovation. Hypotheses were tested in two independent samples of health care teams (N1 = 72 teams, N2 = 113 teams), using self‐report measures. The examples of team innovation given by the individual team members were then rated for innovativeness by independent health care experts to avoid common method bias for the outcome variable. Subsequently, the data was aggregated and analysed at team level. The study was part of a larger data‐gathering effort on health care teams in the UK. Results supported the hypotheses of main effects of both information‐sharing and helping behaviour on team innovation and interaction effects with team size and occupational diversity. Differences in findings between types of health care teams can be attributed to differences in team tasks and functions. The results suggest ways in which helping and information‐sharing may act as buffers against constraints in team work, such as large team size or high occupational diversity in cross‐functional health care teams, and potentially turn these into resources supporting team innovation rather than acting as barriers.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Creativity and Innovation Management. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | team innovation; helping; information-sharing; health care teams; team diversity; prosocial climate |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) > ScHARR - Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 08 Aug 2018 11:44 |
Last Modified: | 19 Sep 2020 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/caim.12285 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:134346 |