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Dysfunctional Diversity : Entrepreneurial Learning in Cognitively Heterogeneous Teams

el Awad, Ziad LU orcid and Brattström, Anna LU (2018) RENT Conference 2017
Abstract
This study explores how cognitive heterogeneity at the team level-i.e., the degree to which team members adhere to conflicting cognitive frames-impacts entrepreneurial learning behavior. We analyze learning processes in a new-venture team over three time-periods, leveraging rich data from 20 interviews, 990 emails, and 62 internal documents. We find that during time-periods when the team encompassed individuals with a heterogeneous set of cognitive frames, learning was self-reinforcing. During other time-periods, when the team was cognitively homogenous, learning was explorative. We detail the social-psychological mechanisms underlying these findings and present a process model of entrepreneurial learning during each period.
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entrepreneurial learning, cognitive heterogeneity, faultlines, attribution
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RENT Conference 2017
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Lund, Sweden
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2017-11-16 - 2017-11-17
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English
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  abstract     = {{This study explores how cognitive heterogeneity at the team level-i.e., the degree to which team members adhere to conflicting cognitive frames-impacts entrepreneurial learning behavior. We analyze learning processes in a new-venture team over three time-periods, leveraging rich data from 20 interviews, 990 emails, and 62 internal documents. We find that during time-periods when the team encompassed individuals with a heterogeneous set of cognitive frames, learning was self-reinforcing. During other time-periods, when the team was cognitively homogenous, learning was explorative. We detail the social-psychological mechanisms underlying these findings and present a process model of entrepreneurial learning during each period.}},
  author       = {{el Awad, Ziad and Brattström, Anna}},
  keywords     = {{entrepreneurial learning; cognitive heterogeneity; faultlines; attribution}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  title        = {{Dysfunctional Diversity : Entrepreneurial Learning in Cognitively Heterogeneous Teams}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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