TY - JOUR

T1 - An Asia-centric approach to team innovation

T2 - Cultural differences in exploration and exploitation behavior

AU - Hubner, Sylvia

AU - Frese, Michael

AU - Song, Zhaoli

AU - Tripathi, Neha

AU - Kaschner, Tamara

AU - Le Kong, Xing

PY - 2022/1/1

Y1 - 2022/1/1

N2 - This paper analyses how cultural differences across China, India, and Singapore influence team exploration, exploitation, and innovativeness. Previous cross-cultural and innovation literature mainly focused on Western cultures or East-West comparisons. In this research, we investigate innovation related cultural specifics that differentiate team behavior in China, India, and Singapore (e.g., guanxi, jugaad, and kiasu), and investigate differences in team exploration, exploitation, and innovativeness across those three cultures. We test our model in a survey study with matched answers of team members and their supervisors in innovation teams across China, India, and Singapore. In line with our theorizing, our findings suggest comparably high levels of team exploration in India, and comparably high levels of team exploitation in China. Additionally, we find team exploration, more than team exploitation, relates to team innovativeness in China, India, and Singapore.

AB - This paper analyses how cultural differences across China, India, and Singapore influence team exploration, exploitation, and innovativeness. Previous cross-cultural and innovation literature mainly focused on Western cultures or East-West comparisons. In this research, we investigate innovation related cultural specifics that differentiate team behavior in China, India, and Singapore (e.g., guanxi, jugaad, and kiasu), and investigate differences in team exploration, exploitation, and innovativeness across those three cultures. We test our model in a survey study with matched answers of team members and their supervisors in innovation teams across China, India, and Singapore. In line with our theorizing, our findings suggest comparably high levels of team exploration in India, and comparably high levels of team exploitation in China. Additionally, we find team exploration, more than team exploitation, relates to team innovativeness in China, India, and Singapore.

KW - Asia

KW - Exploitation

KW - Exploration

KW - National culture

KW - Team innovation

KW - Management studies

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85115958288&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/75a40990-3044-35c8-ad0d-721a55506392/

U2 - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.09.009

DO - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.09.009

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:85115958288

VL - 138

SP - 408

EP - 421

JO - Journal of Business Research

JF - Journal of Business Research

SN - 0148-2963

ER -