Innovative Work Behavior—A Key Factor in Business Performance? The Role of Team Cognitive Diversity and Teamwork Climate in This Relationship

Nadežda Jankelová, Zuzana Joniaková and Juraj Mišún
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Nadežda Jankelová: Department of Management, Faculty of Business Management, University of Economics in Bratislava, 852 35 Bratislava, Slovakia
Zuzana Joniaková: Department of Management, Faculty of Business Management, University of Economics in Bratislava, 852 35 Bratislava, Slovakia
Juraj Mišún: Department of Management, Faculty of Business Management, University of Economics in Bratislava, 852 35 Bratislava, Slovakia

JRFM, 2021, vol. 14, issue 4, 1-16

Abstract: The aim of our paper is to examine whether the support of innovative work behavior by management is positively related to business performance and at the same time, whether this relationship is mediated by the teamwork climate and cognitive diversity of teams. Cognitive diversity is defined as differences in knowledge and perspective, which arise from professional diversity and account for its positive effects. A teamwork climate represents staff perceptions of collaboration between personnel. Business performance is defined by the level of sales. Our sample consisted of 211 managers of companies operating in Slovakia, and data collection took place in the form of a questionnaire. The main tool for examining the mechanism of operation of the investigated relationships is mediation using regression analysis and the Sobel test to determine the significance of the indirect effect of mediation variables. The findings point to a significant direct relationship between the innovative work behavior of company employees and business performance. The intensity of this relationship can be partly influenced by promoting cognitive diversity, especially in the area of knowledge and ways of thinking. The significant role of a teamwork climate was not demonstrated in the examined model.

Keywords: management; innovative work behavior; business performance; cognitive diversity; teamwork climate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C E F2 F3 G (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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