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

Kostopoulos, K.; Bozionelos, N.

Authors

K. Kostopoulos

N. Bozionelos



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.

Citation

Kostopoulos, K., & Bozionelos, N. (2011). Team exploratory and exploitative learning: Psychological safety, task conflict and team performance. Group and Organization Management, 36(3), 385-415. https://doi.org/10.1177/1059601111405985

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jun 1, 2011
Deposit Date Mar 14, 2011
Journal Group and Organization Management
Print ISSN 1059-6011
Electronic ISSN 1552-3993
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 36
Issue 3
Pages 385-415
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1059601111405985
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1511663

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