The Influencing Mechanism between Different Error Climates and Team Radical Creativity： A Social Information Processing Perspective

Abstract

Abstract: In order to reveal the mechanism of how different error climates influence team radical creativity, firstly, on the basis of social information processing theory, this paper analyzes the formation factors and paths of team radical creativity, and proposes the theoretical framework about the effects of error management climate and error aversion climate on team radical creativity through psychological, cognitive and, social elements. Then the influence of two error climates on team radical creativity and three key elements, namely team psychological safety, team cognitive flexibility and team constructive controversy, as well as the parallel mediating roles of the above elements in transmitting the above influence to team radical creativity are analyzed. A model of the “psychological-cognitive-social” mechanisms between different error climates and team radical creativity is constructed. Through the hierarchical regression, Bootstrap analysis and the analysis of instantaneous mediation effect on the basis of data of 119 innovative teams, this paper reaches the following conclusions: (1) The psychological, cognitive and social factors in team radical creation, i.e., team psychological safety, team cognitive flexibility and team constructive controversy have positive effects on team radical creativity; (2) Error management climate exerts a positive effect while error aversion climate has a negative influence on team radical creativity; (3) Error management climate has positive effects on team psychological safety, team cognitive flexibility and team constructive controversy while error aversion climate has a negative effect on team psychological safety and an inverted U-shaped effect on team constructive controversy; (4) Team psychological safety, team cognitive flexibility and team constructive controversy mediate the effect of error management climate on team radical creativity while team psychological safety and team constructive controversy mediate the effect of error aversion climate on team radical creativity. By focusing on the source of team’s radical idea generation, this study illustrates the key roles of different error climates in the development of radical innovation theory and practice.

Key words: radical creativity, error climate, social information processing, multiple-mediation model, instantaneous mediation analysis

Geng Zizhen, Zhou Yixin, Shan Chunxia, Ding Lin. The Influencing Mechanism between Different Error Climates and Team Radical Creativity： A Social Information Processing Perspective[J]. Management Review, 2022, 34(9): 221-231,284.

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