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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 201-218 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization |
| Volume | 180 |
| Early online date | 22 Oct 2020 |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2020 |
Abstract
In a novel real-effort setting, we experimentally study the effects of different communication media on creative performance in a collaborative task that is highly visual. While group communicating via chat seem to perform less well, groups that communicate via video conferences do not perform less well as compared to those that communicate face-to-face. Thus, we provide evidence that barriers to creativity in virtual teams can be mitigated by real-time video conference communication – at least when tasks are visual.
Keywords
- Communication, Complex problem solving, Creativity, Innovation, Laboratory experiment, Real-effort
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
- Economics and Econometrics
- Business, Management and Accounting(all)
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
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In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 180, 12.2020, p. 201-218.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Innovation and communication media in virtual teams – An experimental study
AU - Grözinger, Nicola
AU - Irlenbusch, Bernd
AU - Laske, Katharina
AU - Schröder, Marina
N1 - Funding Information: We thank two anonymous referees and the editors for helpful comments and suggestions, we thank Emanuel Castillo-Ruiz for support in programming this experiment and Sarah Adelfang for assistance in running the experiment. Financial support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through grant of sub-project TP3 of the DFG-Forschergruppe ‘Design and Behavior’, FOR1371 and Germany's Excellence Strategy EXC 2126/1-390838866: “ECONtribute: Markets and Public Policy” is gratefully acknowledged. Nicola Grözinger joined this project after completion of data collection. In the context of her Master's thesis (Grözinger, 2019), she provided a first analysis of the data.
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - In a novel real-effort setting, we experimentally study the effects of different communication media on creative performance in a collaborative task that is highly visual. While group communicating via chat seem to perform less well, groups that communicate via video conferences do not perform less well as compared to those that communicate face-to-face. Thus, we provide evidence that barriers to creativity in virtual teams can be mitigated by real-time video conference communication – at least when tasks are visual.
AB - In a novel real-effort setting, we experimentally study the effects of different communication media on creative performance in a collaborative task that is highly visual. While group communicating via chat seem to perform less well, groups that communicate via video conferences do not perform less well as compared to those that communicate face-to-face. Thus, we provide evidence that barriers to creativity in virtual teams can be mitigated by real-time video conference communication – at least when tasks are visual.
KW - Communication
KW - Complex problem solving
KW - Creativity
KW - Innovation
KW - Laboratory experiment
KW - Real-effort
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jebo.2020.09.009
DO - 10.1016/j.jebo.2020.09.009
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JO - Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
JF - Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
SN - 0167-2681
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