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The Kirton Adaption Innovation Inventory Find Group Problem Solving Success Rates

The Kirton Adaption Innovation Inventory Find Group Problem Solving Success Rates ABSTRACT The findings are the result of a four year study tracking the problem solving success rates of 952 managers comprising 119 different 8‐person teams: each team consisting of a 4‐member planning team and a 4‐member implementing team. Unknown to the participants, each subteam was arranged according to their Kirton Adaption Innovation Inventory (KAI) into homogeneous subteams either similar to or dissimilar from the other subteam. It was found that coordination of subteam role (task) with KAI type significantly increased group success rates, and that placing KAI types outside of role preference resulted in significantly lower success rates. An exception to the subgroup role results occurred when the KAI types were performing tasks outside of their preferred style, and the KAI subgroup means were similar. In this case, significantly elevated success rates were found, probably due to enhanced interteam communication. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Creative Behavior Wiley

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Wiley
Copyright
1996 Creative Education Foundation
ISSN
0022-0175
eISSN
2162-6057
DOI
10.1002/j.2162-6057.1996.tb00758.x
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ABSTRACT The findings are the result of a four year study tracking the problem solving success rates of 952 managers comprising 119 different 8‐person teams: each team consisting of a 4‐member planning team and a 4‐member implementing team. Unknown to the participants, each subteam was arranged according to their Kirton Adaption Innovation Inventory (KAI) into homogeneous subteams either similar to or dissimilar from the other subteam. It was found that coordination of subteam role (task) with KAI type significantly increased group success rates, and that placing KAI types outside of role preference resulted in significantly lower success rates. An exception to the subgroup role results occurred when the KAI types were performing tasks outside of their preferred style, and the KAI subgroup means were similar. In this case, significantly elevated success rates were found, probably due to enhanced interteam communication.

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The Journal of Creative Behavior – Wiley

Published: Mar 1, 1996

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