Teams as innovative systems: Multilevel motivational antecedents of innovation in R&D teams

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1018-1027

  Chen, Gilad ^a   Farh, Jiing Lih ^b   Campbell Bush, Elizabeth M ^a   Wu, Zhiming ^c   Wu, Xin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Innovation; Motivation; Multilevelf; Work teams

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; RESEARCH; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84887970227     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032663     Document Type: Article

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