Team learning activities and team effectiveness: The role of psychological safety and task conflict

Konstantinos C. Kostopoulos; Nikolaos Bozionelos; Gregory P. Prastacos

doi:10.5465/ambpp.2009.44265881

Team learning activities and team effectiveness: The role of psychological safety and task conflict

Konstantinos C. Kostopoulos
, Nikolaos Bozionelos
, Gregory P. Prastacos

School of Business

Athens University of Economics and Business
Durham University

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Abstract

The study conceptualized exploratory and exploitative learning as distinct team level activities, constructed measures of them, and examined their relationships with psychological safety and task conflict; as well as with team effectiveness. Data from 139 innovative project teams were utilized. Psychological safety was linearly and nonlinearly related to both team learning activities; and task conflict moderated the relationship between psychological safety and exploitative learning. Regarding the relationship with team effectiveness, exploratory and exploitative learning were additively related to it, and acted as mediators in the relationship of psychological safety with team effectiveness. The findings indicate the importance of team learning activities for team effectiveness, and underline the importance of team conditions for realizing the benefits of learning.

Original language	English
Journal	Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2009.44265881
State	Published - 2009
Event	69th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2009 - Chicago, IL, United States Duration: 7 Aug 2009 → 11 Aug 2009

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Task conflict
Team learning activities

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