Team exploratory and exploitative learning: Psychological safety, task conflict, and team performance

Kostopoulos, Konstantinos C. and Bozionelos, Nikos (2011) Team exploratory and exploitative learning: Psychological safety, task conflict, and team performance. Group & Organization Management, 36 (3). pp. 385-415. ISSN 1059-6011

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Abstract

This study conceptualized exploratory and exploitative learning as distinct team-level activities, constructed measures of them, and examined their relationships with psychological safety, task conflict, and team performance. Structural equation analysis in a sample of 142 innovation project teams indicated that psychological safety was linearly and nonlinearly related to team exploitative and exploratory learning, respectively; whereas task conflict positively moderated the relationship between psychological safety and exploitative learning. Furthermore, exploratory and exploitative learning were additively related to team performance, as rated by team managers, and mediated its relationship with psychological safety. The findings contribute to understanding how and under what conditions organizational teams engage in exploratory and exploitative learning to maximize their performance.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Employment Systems and Institutions
Depositing User: Elle Green
Date Deposited: 22 Oct 2012 09:31
Last Modified: 02 Feb 2024 01:36
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/39976
DOI: 10.1177/1059601111405985

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