Embracing multicultural tensions: How team members’ multicultural paradox mindsets foster team information elaboration and creativity

IF 3.4 2区管理学 Q2 MANAGEMENT

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI:10.1016/j.obhdp.2022.104191

Pier Vittorio Mannucci , Christina E. Shalley

引用次数: 3

Abstract

We explore why teams with the same level of cultural diversity can differ in their level of creativity. To this end, we introduce the concept of paradox mindsets to research on multicultural teams. We argue that team members with a high multicultural paradox mindset are accepting of and energized by intercultural tensions, both emphasizing cultural differences and finding common ground. Their presence thus enables multicultural teams to embrace these tensions and leverage their cultural diversity toward team creativity. Specifically, we hypothesize that teams with members that have a high multicultural paradox mindset are more creative because these members promote information elaboration at the team level, which in turn fosters creativity. We test our hypotheses in a study of 217 individuals randomly assigned to 63 culturally diverse teams. Results provide support for our overarching theory.

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拥抱多元文化的紧张关系:团队成员的多元文化矛盾心态如何培养团队信息的精细化和创造力

我们将探讨为什么具有相同文化多样性水平的团队在创造力水平上存在差异。为此，我们引入悖论思维的概念来研究多元文化团队。我们认为，具有高度多元文化悖论心态的团队成员接受并受到跨文化紧张关系的激励，既强调文化差异，又找到共同点。因此，他们的存在使多元文化团队能够接受这些紧张关系，并利用他们的文化多样性来促进团队创造力。具体来说，我们假设拥有高度多元文化悖论心态的成员的团队更有创造力，因为这些成员在团队层面上促进了信息的细化，这反过来又促进了创造力。我们在一项研究中检验了我们的假设，217个人被随机分配到63个不同文化的团队中。结果为我们的总体理论提供了支持。

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Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Multiple-

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8.90

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4.30%

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期刊介绍： Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes publishes fundamental research in organizational behavior, organizational psychology, and human cognition, judgment, and decision-making. The journal features articles that present original empirical research, theory development, meta-analysis, and methodological advancements relevant to the substantive domains served by the journal. Topics covered by the journal include perception, cognition, judgment, attitudes, emotion, well-being, motivation, choice, and performance. We are interested in articles that investigate these topics as they pertain to individuals, dyads, groups, and other social collectives. For each topic, we place a premium on articles that make fundamental and substantial contributions to understanding psychological processes relevant to human attitudes, cognitions, and behavior in organizations. In order to be considered for publication in OBHDP a manuscript has to include the following: 1.Demonstrate an interesting behavioral/psychological phenomenon 2.Make a significant theoretical and empirical contribution to the existing literature 3.Identify and test the underlying psychological mechanism for the newly discovered behavioral/psychological phenomenon 4.Have practical implications in organizational context