Team cultural diversity and team innovation; what’s the deal?

Abstract

This thesis provides further insights in the relationship between team cultural intelligence and team innovative work behavior. The effects of team leader cultural intelligence, team learning and team trust on this relationship are explored. Results show that team leader cultural intelligence and team learning positively affect team cultural intelligence and team innovative work behavior. Team trust moderates the relationships between team learning and team cultural intelligence and between team leader cultural intelligence and team cultural intelligence. Team cultural intelligence also has a positive effect on team innovative work behavior. No mediating effect of team cultural intelligence was found. These results are discussed in the light of the literature and qualitative findings.