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The curvilinear relationship between team familiarity and team innovation: A secondary data analysis

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  • Xie, Xiao-Yun
  • Ji, Hao
  • Luan, Kun
  • Zhao, Ying-Zhen

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Paradoxical arguments and mixed empirical evidence coexist in the current literature concerning the relationship between team familiarity and team innovation. To resolve this contradiction, we apply habitual routines theory to propose that team familiarity and team innovation have an inverted U-shaped relationship. Using a data set of 68,933 R&D teams in the electrical engineering industry, our results support a nonlinear relationship between team familiarity and team innovation, and suggest that the best innovative performance is produced by moderately familiar teams. Furthermore, we find that external learning can moderate this curvilinear relationship. Theoretical contributions and future implications are discussed.

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  • Xie, Xiao-Yun & Ji, Hao & Luan, Kun & Zhao, Ying-Zhen, 2020. "The curvilinear relationship between team familiarity and team innovation: A secondary data analysis," Journal of Management & Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 26(5), pages 700-718, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jomorg:v:26:y:2020:i:5:p:700-718_4
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    1. Zaggl, Michael A. & Pottbäcker, Judith, 2021. "Facilitators and inhibitors for integrating expertise diversity in innovation teams: The case of plasmid exchange in molecular biology," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 50(9).

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