The Impact of Interactive Motivation Diversity on Team Performance

Abstract

Abstract: Motivation and behavior have a significant impact on the performance of an innovation-oriented team. Based on the categorization-elaboration model, this paper explores how interactive motivation diversity affects team reflexivity and team similarity perception and how they affect the performance of an App design team. We use questionnaires to collect data from 58 teams, establish structural equation models and test hypotheses. The results show that in an App design team, interactive motivation diversity is negatively correlated with team reflexivity and team similarity perception. Team reflexivity is beneficial to improving team creativity and team satisfaction. Team similarity perception is beneficial to promoting team satisfaction, but its effect on team creativity is not significant. The results reveal the role of interactive motivation diversity in teams, and make clear its influence paths from different perspectives.

Key words: interactive motivation diversity, categorization-elaboration model, team performance, app design teams

Qu Gang, Wang Xiaoyu. The Impact of Interactive Motivation Diversity on Team Performance[J]. Management Review, 2021, 33(12): 230-239.

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