R&D team diversity, behavior integration, and innovation performance

Abstract

Abstract: Team behavioral integration is an integrative variable to describe the whole process in team work, it also reflects the degree that team members tend to communicate and cooperate with each other. Based on the features of R&D teams, a conceptual model on the relationship involving team diversity, behavioral integration, and innovation performance is constructed, the moderative effect of task complexity is considered. With the data of 71 R&D teams in 62 high-tech enterprises, an empirical analysis is carried on to test the hypotheses. Results show that team diversity has a significantly positive effect on innovation performance, and behavioral integration partly mediates the relationship. At the same time, task complexity moderates the relationship between behavioral integration and innovation performance. At the end, the research conclusions are discussed.

Key words: R&D team, team diversity, behavioral integration, task complexity, innovation performance

CLC Number:

F272.92

Liu Ning, Zhang Zhengtang, Zhang Ziyuan. R&D team diversity, behavior integration, and innovation performance[J]. Science Research Management, 2012, 33(12): 135-141.

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