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Team climate
Examining the relationships in team
among cognitive diversity, innovation
Nurul Indarti
Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business,
Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Abstract
Purpose – This study aims to examine the role of knowledge sharing as a mediating variable on the effect
of cognitive diversity on team innovation. Additionally, the study also tests the role of a moderating variable
team climate on the relationship between cognitive diversity and knowledge sharing.
Design/methodology/approach – The study used an explanatory approach to test the hypothesis. A
survey with structured questionnaires was distributed to 39 creative teams between radio and television
broadcasting institutions in the Province of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Findings – The current study shows cognitive diversity has a significant association with knowledge
sharing, and knowledge sharing positively associated with team innovation. The findings of this study
indicate that team climate moderates the relationship between cognitive diversity and knowledge sharing.
Additionally, knowledge sharing is found not to be a significant mediation on the relationship between
cognitive diversity and team innovation.
Research limitations/implications – The study promises to examine how diverse teams work
particularly in the context of creative teams in radio and television broadcasting institutions. However, this
study only focuses on relationships; it does not examine the processes underlying those relationships. This
study implies for future research agenda focusing on the mechanism affecting the relationships. Additionally,
examining the relationship model in the context of a less-creative team such as banking industry could also a
call for future research.
Practical implications – The results of the study contribute to managerial implications which suggest
that to enhance team innovation, a team leader must design a comfortable working climate that stimulates
productive knowledge sharing.
Originality/value – The study provides a comprehensive understanding of knowledge sharing and team
climate on the relationship between cognitive diversity and team innovation, which are missing in previous
empirical studies. Then, the study is relevant because of inconclusive findings from past studies examining
the relationship between cognitive diversity and team innovation.
Keywords Knowledge sharing, Team climate, Team innovation, Cognitive diversity
Paper type Research paper
Knowledge sharing as a mediating variable for cognitive diversity and team innovation
Creating innovation within teams involves converting new ideas into a more realistic product
or process (Cheung et al., 2016). When a new idea emerges, the team must decide which ideas
should be implemented as soon as possible and how to implement those ideas (Levine and
Moreland, 2004). Knowledge sharing among team members with different backgrounds
and cognitive diversity will facilitate the exchange of views on the feasibility of an idea and
feedback in the implementation process. This is important because each team member needs to
incorporate new ideas into actual work practices (Anderson and West, 1998).
Teams with diverse members can benefit from a variety of existing knowledge, and acquire
skills and information by sharing and combining this knowledge (Somech and Drach-Zahavy,
2013). However, diverse teams are also prone to groupthink in team decision-making (Cheung
et al., 2016). According to Janis (1972), groupthink is used to describe a situation when a team
makes unreasonable decisions with the aim of rejecting public opinion, moral values or what
has been proven. This happens when people who are very influential in the team impose a
decision regardless of the team as a group and diversity of thought (Cheung et al., 2016).
Groupthink can be a problem because each member has experience and perspective that might
conflict with the decisions made by the team itself (Sethi et al., 2001).
Team thinking that occurs within the team can be overcome by knowledge sharing
(Cheung et al., 2016). Knowledge sharing provides an advantage in applying new ideas,
allowing team members to share information with a consensus about how new products,
practices, and services are implemented (De Dreu and West, 2001; Taylor and Greve, 2006).
Team members are more likely to be listened to when they are on a team that is cognitively
diverse and involved in the process of knowledge sharing. Knowledge sharing among
coworkers is important to support the emergence of potential innovation (Boom and Pennik, Team climate
2012). Thus, teams with cognitive diversity utilize this source of knowledge for team in team
innovation (Cheung et al., 2016). Based on these arguments, it can be said that knowledge innovation
sharing has a mediating effect on cognitive diversity and team innovation. Therefore, the
third hypothesis:
H3. Knowledge sharing mediates the relationship between cognitive diversity and team
innovation. 303
H4. Team climate moderates the relationship between cognitive diversity and
knowledge sharing.
Figure 1 depicts all hypotheses in this study.
Team Climate
H4
Cognitive Knowledge Team
Diversity Sharing Innovation
H1 H2 Figure 1.
H3
Research model
TPM Research methods
25,5/6 Approach and variables
The current study used an explanatory approach to test the association between variables
(Neuman, 2014). The independent variable is cognitive diversity, and the dependent variable
is team innovation. Knowledge sharing is treated as a mediating variable, and team climate
as a moderating variable. Operational definitions of each variable are summarized in
304 Table I. All variables are measured using a 5-point Likert scale (1= totally disagree;
5 = totally agree). To ensure the quality of the instruments, we conducted a reliability test as
No. of Cronbach’s
Variable item Items Source alpha
Results
Profile of the respondents
The respondent is the creative team that consists of 2-6 members. More than half of the team
306 members (52.1 per cent) are female and 63.6 per cent are single. The average age of team
members is 30.7 years old, and the majority (62.8 per cent) is 15-30 years old. The majority of
team members have been involved in a team (48.7 per cent) for approximately
3-12 months (Table III). The scope of creative teams varied from news teams (5.1 per cent) to
program creative teams (35.9 per cent).
Descriptive statistics. Table IV shows the mean of each variable, which range from 3.90 to
4.16. The findings indicate the levels of cognitive diversity, team climate, and knowledge
sharing are relatively high (above 4.00), while innovation is modest (below 4.00). To
determine the intensity of surface-level diversity (age and tenure), we used the Blau index
Gender
Male 67 47.9
Female 73 52.1
Age
15-30 years 88 62.8
31-45 years 33 23.5
More than 45 years 19 13.7
Marital status
Single 89 63.6
Married 51 36.4
Educational background
Senior High School 27 19.3
Non-Degree Diploma Qualification 24 17.1
Bachelor Degree 86 61.4
Graduate and Post Graduate 3 2.1
Profile of the teams (N = 39)
Tenure of team
3-12 months 19 48.7
13-24 months 9 23.0
25-36 months 6 15.3
More than 36 months 5 12.8
Type of team
Permanent 33 84.6
Temporal 6 15.3
Scope of teams
Programs creative 14 35.9
Production creative 7 17.9
Table III. Marketing creative 7 17.9
Profile of Event creative 6 15.4
respondents and Digital creative 3 7.7
team News 2 5.1
(Harrison and Klein, 2017) as shown in Table IV. The mean of age is 0.52 (0, minimum; 0.55, Team climate
maximum), while tenure is 0.70 (0, minimum; 0.83, maximum). These results indicate that in team
surface-level diversity of each team is high and heterogeneous.
innovation
Hypothesis testing: Hierarchical multiple regression analysis. We used hierarchical
regression analysis and followed the standard procedure of mediation and moderation
testing by Hayes (2018). The results of hypothesis testing are summarized in Table V. H1
stated that cognitive diversity positively associated with knowledge sharing. From the 307
model 1, the findings indicate that the associated of knowledge sharing on cognitive
diversity is significantly positive (coeff = 1.567; p < 0.01). The analysis was carried out after
entering the surface-level diversity (e.g. age and tenure) as a control variable, but these
variables were not significant. This finding offers support for H1.
The results of H2 are shown in the Model 3 (Table V), indicating that knowledge sharing
has a positive associated on team innovation (coeff = 0.320; p < 0.01). Hence, we conclude
that H2, which states knowledge sharing positively associated with team innovation, is
supported.
Variable Mean SD
Dependent variable
Knowledge sharing Team innovation
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Variable Coeff SE Coeff SE Coeff SE Coeff SE
Control variables age 1.843 1.446 0.992 1.250 0.235 1.141 0.275 1.107
Tenure 0.047 0.141 0.161 0.125 0.148 0.109 0.158 0.106
Cognitive diversity 1.567** 0.258 5.019 2.685 0.495 0.277
Knowledge sharing 0.320** 0.091 0.158 0.126
Team climate 1.323 0.669
Cognitive diversity x team climate 0.119* 0.052
Bootstrap indirect effects of cognitive
diversity > knowledge sharing > team
innovation
Coeff 0.247
LL 95% CI 0.086a
UL 95% CI 0.513a
F 15.364** 15.899** 4.761** 4.593**
R2 0.568 0.707 0.290 0.351
Notes: N = 39; unstandardized regression coefficients are reported; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05 (two-ailed test); Table V.
a
= bootstrap sample size = 5000. CI, confidence interval; LL, lower limit; UL, upper limit Hypotheses testing
TPM The relationship between cognitive diversity and team innovation is mediated by
25,5/6 knowledge sharing (H3) is tested by examining the indirect effect (reported in Table V,
Model 4). To be comprehensive and as recommended by Hayes (2018), we estimated and
tested indirect paths simultaneously using boorstrap confidence interval based on 5000
bootstrap samples. We found that the indirect effect of knowledge sharing on cognitive
diversity and team innovation are not significant (coeff = 0.247; 95 per cent CI=-0.086 to
308 0.513), see Model 4 (Table V). Based on the findings, we conclude that knowledge sharing is
not a mediator on the relationship between cognitive diversity and team innovation; hence,
H3 is rejected.
The last hypothesis, H4, stated that team climate moderates the relationship between
cognitive diversity and knowledge sharing. The result of interaction effect between
cognitive diversity and team climate towards knowledge sharing is summarized in Table V
(see Model 2, coeff = 0.119, p < 0.05; F = 15.899; p < 0.01). This finding indicates that the
positive impact of the moderating variable. Figure 2 plots the conditional effect of team
climate – as moderating variable – on the relationship between knowledge sharing and
cognitive diversity. We found that the association of knowledge sharing and cognitive is
stronger when the team climate is high, and vice-versa. Hence, the H4 is substantiated.
Discussion
The current study provides empirical evidence on the effect of cognitive diversity on team
innovation with special reference to creative teams in broadcasting institutions from a
developing country context. To be precise, the effect of cognitive diversity on knowledge
sharing is positive. The more diverse the cognitive ability of a team, the greater the
willingness to share knowledge within the team. This study substantiates previous studies
by Cheung et al. (2016), and Tang and Naumann (2016). Teams with diverse members will
benefit from the diverse knowledge when individuals are willing to share their knowledge
(Somech and Drach-Zahavy, 2013). In this study, the level of surface-level diversity (e.g. age,
tenure) in creative teams is high and heterogeneous (Table IV), therefore it does not affect
the level of knowledge sharing in cognitively diverse teams. The findings indicate that the
age and tenure of the teams did not significantly affect knowledge sharing and team
innovation.
The study also supports previous research that knowledge sharing positively affects
team innovation (Eisenhardt and Tabrizi, 1995; Heffner and Sharif, 2008; Hu and Randel,
2014). The greater the sharing of knowledge within a team, the greater the team innovation.
34
Low Team Climate
33.5 High Team Climate
33
Knowledge Sharing
32.5
32
Figure 2.
The moderated effect 31.5
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Appendix
Factor
Variable Description Indicator AVE loading Sources
Cognitive Difference in how thinking Different way of thinking 0.635 0.959 Shin et al. (2012), Vegt
Diversity styles, knowledge, abilities, Different knowledge and skills 0.932 and Onne (2003)
(a = 0.845) values, and beliefs among Different view of the world 0.700
individuals within a team are Different beliefs about what is right and wrong 0.515iv
perceived
Team Climate The extent to which the team Agreement with the objectives 0.575 0.792 West (1990);
(a = 0.942) or organization encourages Team’s objectives are clearly understood 0.821 Anderson and West
and enables innovation. The Team’s objectives are achievable 0.727 (1998), Kivimaki and
climate is reflected by vision, Objectives worthwhile to the organization 0.808 Elovainio (1999)
participative safety, support “We are together” attitude 0.814
for innovation, and task People keep each other informed 0.540iv
orientation People feel understood and accepted 0.700
Real attempts to share information 0.738
Preparedness to basic question 0.751
Critical appraisal of weaknesses 0.734
Building on each other’s ideas 0.825
Search for new ways of looking at problems 0.744
Team develops ideas 0.782
Cooperation in developing and applying ideas 0.800
0.577
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Table AI.
innovation
in team
measurement
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Team climate
Instrument
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Factor
Variable Description Indicator AVE loading Sources
Knowledge Information exchange “When I've learned something new, I see to it that 0.829 Bartol and Srivastava
Sharing activities, ideas, support, and colleagues in my team can learn it as well” 0.791 (2002); Hoof and de
(a = 0.922) skills between one individual “I share the information I have with colleagues within my 0.786 Ridder (2004)
and another in a team team” 0.821
“I share my skills with colleagues within my team.” 0.837
“When I learn something new, I see to it that colleagues 0.779
outside of my team can learn it as well.” 0.692iv
“I share the information I have with colleagues outside of 0.773
my team.” 0.737
“I share my skills with colleagues outside of my team.” 0.489iv
“Colleagues within my team tell me what they know,
when I ask them.”
“Colleagues within my team tell me what their skills are,
when I ask them.”
“Colleagues outside of my team tell me what they know,
when I ask them.”
“Colleagues outside of my team tell me their skills when I
ask them.”
Team Introduction and application The team initiated new procedures and methods 0.575 0.807 Anderson and West
Innovation of ideas, processes, products, The team developed innovative ways of accomplishing 0.872 (1998); West and
(a = 0.885) and procedures by and for work targets/objectives 0.934 Wallace (1991)
teams The team developed new skills to foster innovation 0.837 modified by Drach-
The team initiated improved teaching strategies and Zahavy and Somech,
methods (2001)
Corresponding author
Nurul Indarti can be contacted at: nurulindarti@ugm.ac.id
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