Entrepreneurial team personality-faultline strength and performance: the non-linear relationship and boundary conditions
Journal of Organizational Change Management
ISSN: 0953-4814
Article publication date: 8 January 2024
Issue publication date: 28 May 2024
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore the effect of a team’s personality faultlines on entrepreneurial performance. Additionally, this paper verifies the moderating effect of shared leadership on the connection between the two varies. The authors focus on the upper echelons theory and social identity theory as well as personality faultlines in entrepreneurial teams.
Design/methodology/approach
An online survey was conducted using data collected in China. Data from 618 members from 144 new venture teams were collected to examine the authors’ hypothesis.
Findings
The authors find a U-shaped relationship between the strength of entrepreneurial teams' personality-faultline and entrepreneurial performance. Additionally, shared leadership negatively moderates this U-shaped relationship. Specifically, when the entrepreneurial team has a high level of shared leadership, both the positive and negative relationships between the strength of the personality faultlines and entrepreneurial performance are weaker.
Originality/value
The research offers important theoretical and practical implications for the formation of entrepreneurial teams.
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Acknowledgements
This paper is Supported by the Research Foundation for Youth Scholars of Beijing Technology and Business University.
Since submission of this article, the following author(s) have updated their affiliations: Yinpu Zhang is at the Beijing Jinti Mathematics Training School Co., Ltd, Beijing, China.
Citation
Qian, S., Zhang, Y. and Kuai, P. (2024), "Entrepreneurial team personality-faultline strength and performance: the non-linear relationship and boundary conditions", Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 37 No. 3, pp. 529-545. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-05-2023-0180
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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