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The relationships between group-affect tone, transactive memory system, and teams’ incremental creativity

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Chiung-Yi Huang*
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College of Management, Discipline of Organization Management, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Jia-Chi Huang
Affiliation:
Department of Business Administration, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan (R.O.C)
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Corresponding author: Chiung-Yi Huang; Email: joye0520@saturn.yzu.edu.tw
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Abstract

This study explores the relationships between group-affect tone, teams’ transactive memory systems (TMSs), and teams’ incremental creativity. Data were collected from 334 team members and 70 team leaders across 70 teams. Results indicate that positive group-affect tone enhances TMS, while negative group-affect tone impedes it. TMS positively impacts team incremental creativity. Additionally, both types of group-affect tone influence incremental creativity through TMS mediation. This research advances TMS theory and group-affect tone, substantiating the affect-cognition model and deepening the understanding of TMS’s role in incremental creativity.

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ANOVAmultiple regressionteams and teamworkorganizational behaviorgroup dynamics

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Journal of Management & Organization , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , January 2025 , pp. 90 - 102
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press in association with Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management.

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