The team creativity model: an exploratory case study

Triparna de Vreede, Imed Boughzala (), Gert-Jan de Vreede and Roni Reiter-Palmon
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Triparna de Vreede: USF - University of South Florida [Tampa]
Imed Boughzala: IMT-BS - DSI - Département Systèmes d'Information - TEM - Télécom Ecole de Management - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] - IMT-BS - Institut Mines-Télécom Business School - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris], LITEM - Laboratoire en Innovation, Technologies, Economie et Management (EA 7363) - UEVE - Université d'Évry-Val-d'Essonne - TEM - Télécom Ecole de Management
Gert-Jan de Vreede: USF - University of South Florida [Tampa]
Roni Reiter-Palmon: University of Nebraska Omaha - University of Nebraska System

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Abstract: Organizations increasingly rely on technology-supported teams to solve problems creatively or design new products and services. To support such efforts, an extensive body of research on creativity has been developed. However, most research to date focuses on individual creativity, rather than on team creativity. This paper introduces the Team Creativity Model (TCM) to understand the antecedents of team creativity. TCM posits that both individual creativity and shared mental models (SSMs) contribute to team creativity. SMMs act as a mediator between knowledge sharing and team creativity. Antecedents to individual creativity include an individual's propensity to be creative and individual knowledge. Individual knowledge also is an antecedent to knowledge sharing, as are an individual's propensity to share knowledge and trust within the team. In an exploratory study at a telecom company, a team of design experts participating in four creative sessions provided initial support for the TCM constructs and their relationships. The findings suggest that further exploratory and empirical research on TCM is justified. Implications for research and practice are presented.

Keywords: Collaboration technology; Collaboration; Creativity; Team ceativity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-01
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Published in Journal of the Midwest Association for Information Systems, 2017, 2017 (1), pp.19 - 34

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