Does diversity in team members’ agreeableness benefit creative teams?

Publication date: Available online 17 February 2020Source: Journal of Research in PersonalityAuthor(s): Sean Lee, Guihyun ParkAbstractWhile deep-level diversity among team members are often discussed as important catalysts of team creativity, little is currently understood about the impact of diversity in team members’ personality on team creativity and team satisfaction. We propose that diversity in team member agreeableness reduce the effectiveness of creative teams through its impact on conflict experienced. 93 student teams participated in a laboratory study where each member had their personality traits assessed before engaging in a team creativity task. Diversity in team members’ agreeableness was positively associated with task conflict experienced which, in turn, was negatively associated with team creativity. Diversity in team members’ agreeableness was positively associated with relationship conflict which, in turn, was negatively associated with team satisfaction.
Source: Journal of Research in Personality - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research