The promoting mechanism of cooperative goal for the creativity of research team

Geng Zizhen; Liu Xinmei; Shen Li

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Science Research Management ›› 2012 ›› Issue (8) : 113-119,136.

The promoting mechanism of cooperative goal for the creativity of research team

Geng Zizhen, Liu Xinmei, Shen Li

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From a motivated information processing perspective, knowledge sharing as social processing of information and team reflection as cognitive processing of information in the creative process of research team are put forward. A framework that consists of cooperative goal interdependence, knowledge sharing, team reflection, and team creativity is established to describe the effect of cooperative goal interdependence on the creativity of research team. The structural equation modeling is used to analyze the survey data of 225 effective research teams, some conclusions are drawn as follows: Firstly, cooperative goal interdependence has a positive effect on the creativity of research team. Secondly, knowledge sharing and team reflection are found to play a complete mediative role on the relationship between cooperative goal interdependence and team creativity. Thirdly, knowledge sharing has a positive effect on team reflection. These findings make the contribution for opening the black box involving information processing mechanism through which cooperative goal affects the creativity of research team and have extended the applications of motivated information processing perspective to the field of team creativity.

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cooperative goal interdependence / team creativity / knowledge sharing / team reflection / motivated information processing perspective

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Geng Zizhen, Liu Xinmei, Shen Li. The promoting mechanism of cooperative goal for the creativity of research team[J]. Science Research Management. 2012(8): 113-119,136

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