 Diversity and Collaborative Dynamics in ASO TeamsZiad El-Awad ()
Chapter 2 in Academic Spin-offs, 2023, pp 21-35 from Springer Abstract: Abstract ASO founders struggle with the commercial development of their ventures, due to the gap between their scientific background and the broader managerial competencies needed to run the business. One way to solve this problem is to increase their team diversity, i.e., the degree of variation in team members’ functional experiences. Team diversity is recognised as a positive and important aspect of a new venture team. In particular, diverse new venture teams have access to broader knowledge base, which benefits their information processing capacity and results in creativity, innovation and improved problem solving. Diversity, however, can also come with social setbacks. In particular, studies have shown that diverse teams are more prone to disagreements and conflict, making it difficult for members to integrate their differences into useful output. This suggests that diversity does not only position new venture teams with an information-processing advantage, but also with a social disadvantage. Therefore, this chapter offers insights into how ASO founders (typically academics) can productively leverage functional diversity to process information, without getting mired in dysfunctional social conflict between diverse team members. Date: 2023 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-22284-9_2 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-22284-9_2 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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