Creative and innovative behaviours of corporate directors: an elusive role of task-related conflicts

Lukasz Derdowski (), Torvald Øgaard, Einar Marnburg and Gro Ellen Mathisen
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Lukasz Derdowski: The University of Stavanger
Torvald Øgaard: The University of Stavanger
Einar Marnburg: The University of Stavanger
Gro Ellen Mathisen: The University of Stavanger

Journal of Management & Governance, 2018, vol. 22, issue 4, No 10, 1045-1069

Abstract: Abstract The aim of the present work is to examine corporate directors’ boardroom interactions associated with conflicts as well as creativity and innovation phenomena. In line with the behavioral perspective in research on boards, we investigate relationships between task conflicts, an emerging creative and innovative boardroom climate as well as directors’ work behaviors. Drawing upon the survey data from 423 corporate directors, we tested hypothesized relationships by the means of the structural equation modelling technique. The results provide evidence suggesting that task-related conflicts among corporate directors appear to be equally detrimental for the psychological workgroup climate as they are advantageous for initiating creative and innovative work behaviours. In other words, the positive effect of task conflicts on directors’ creative and innovative work behaviours occurs so long as such conflicts do not simultaneously impair their perception of the creative/innovative boardroom environment. By integrating the literature on workplace group conflicts, creativity and innovation with the corporate governance writings, this study offers a new insight into corporate directors functioning. Presented findings have clear implications for future board research and managerial practice.

Keywords: Board of directors; Board processes; Corporate governance; Creative and innovative behaviours; Task conflict (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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