Do Team Boundary-Spanning Activities Affect Innovation Performance?

Hongkun Zhang, Xin Tan, Chuanhao Liu and Ming Chen ()
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Hongkun Zhang: School of Economics and Management, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
Xin Tan: School of Economics and Management, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 99 Songling Road, Qingdao 266061, China
Chuanhao Liu: School of Economics and Management, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 99 Songling Road, Qingdao 266061, China
Ming Chen: School of Economics and Management, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 99 Songling Road, Qingdao 266061, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 13, 1-18

Abstract: In order to reveal the impact of boundary-spanning activities of cooperative innovation teams on team innovation performance, this paper takes the panel data of 71 cooperative innovation teams from January to November 2022 as the research sample. It introduces intermediary variables (teamwork crafting and individual work crafting) to analyze the impact mechanism of boundary-spanning activities of teams on innovation performance, 71 teams were divided into 41 experimental groups and 30 control groups, and a quasi-natural experiment was conducted on the innovation performance of team boundary-spanning activities using the Double Difference Model (DID). Research has shown that boundary-spanning activities of collaborative innovation teams can promote team innovation performance. Team job crafting has a mediating effect on team innovation performance in boundary-spanning activities of collaborative innovation teams. Team job crafting and individual job crafting mediate between the boundary-spanning activities of collaborative innovation teams and team innovation performance. Further analysis using the double difference model found that compared to teams without boundary-spanning activities, teams with boundary-spanning activities can directly improve team innovation performance. When team reflection is vital and task interdependence is high, it will promote team innovation performance. This research enriches the research on the effects of boundary-spanning activities of collaborative innovation teams, explores solutions based on quasi-nature, and provides a reference for improving the team innovation performance of collaborative innovation teams.

Keywords: collaborative innovation team; team boundary-spanning activities; team job crafting; individual job crafting; team innovation performance; DID model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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