- Title
- Goal compatibility in knowledge creation
- Creator
- Mitchell, Rebecca; Nicholas, Stephen; Boyle, Brendan
- Relation
- 13th Asian Pacific Management Conference. 13th Asian Pacific Management Conference: Proceedings (Melbourne 18-20 November, 2007)
- Publisher
- Monash University
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2007
- Description
- This study examines how goal compatibility and group climate interact to influence team ability to create knowledge. We explore the assumption that the impact of goal structure on knowledge creation capability is consequent to the associated emergence of a constructive group climate and collaborative behaviours. This assumption is based on the theory that members perception of goal compatibility critically affects both their expectations and interaction (Deutsch, 1973). To investigate this theory, we assess whether openmindedness norms and decision comprehensiveness operate as mediating variables between goal co-operativeness and knowledge creation. The results generate support for our hypotheses that the impact of goal compatibility on team performance is consequent to the emergence of expectations and behavioural patterns that facilitate open and rigorous discussion. By specifying and testing critical relationships, this paper contributes to a comprehensive understanding of the psycho-social variables underpinning knowledge creation, which has implications for group effectiveness, creativity and innovation research.
- Subject
- knowledge creation; teams; goals; norms
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/928163
- Identifier
- uon:10350
- Language
- eng
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