Innovation and Communication Media in Virtual Teams – An Experimental Study

Arbeitspapier

In a novel real-effort setting, we experimentally study the effects of different communication media on creative performance in a collaborative tasks. We find that creative performance significantly decreases when group members communicate via chat instead of face-to-face. However, we find no significant difference between performances of groups that communicate via video conferences as compared to face-to-face. Thus, we provide evidence that barriers to creativity in virtual teams can be mitigated by real-time video conference communication.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 13218

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual ; Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General ; Personnel Economics: Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects ; Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights: General
• Subject: creativity ; communication ; laboratory experiment ; real-effort ; complex problem solving ; innovation

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Grözinger, Nicola ; Irlenbusch, Bernd ; Laske, Katharina ; Schröder, Marina
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2020

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/223660
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET