Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

4-2020

Abstract

Although deep-level diversity among team members are often discussed as important catalysts of team creativity, little is currently understood about the impact of diversity in team members’ personality on team creativity and team satisfaction. We propose that diversity in team members’ agreeableness would reduce the effectiveness of creative teams through its impact on team conflict experienced. To test our hypotheses, we recruited 93 student teams to participate in a laboratory study where each member had their personality traits assessed before engaging in a team creativity task. We found that diversity in team members’ agreeableness was positively associated with team task conflict experienced which, in turn, was negatively associated with team creativity. Additionally, we found that diversity in team members’ agreeableness was positively associated with team relationship conflict, which, in turn, was negatively associated with team satisfaction. Implications and future directions are discussed.

Keywords

Agreeableness, Diversity, Team, Team conflict, Team creativity, Team satisfaction

Discipline

Applied Behavior Analysis | Industrial and Organizational Psychology | Multicultural Psychology

Research Areas

Psychology

Publication

Journal of Research in Personality

Volume

85

First Page

1

Last Page

13

ISSN

0092-6566

Identifier

10.1016/j.jrp.2020.103932

Publisher

Elsevier: 24 months

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2020.103932

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