@misc{10481/73874,
year = {2022},
month = {3},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/73874},
abstract = {Purpose – Although the importance of teamwork competencies and effective conflict management in
entrepreneurship education is recognised, we have limited knowledge of how these factors interact to influence
performance in entrepreneurial teams. This research explores teamwork competencies as a predictor of
entrepreneurial team performance and the moderating effect of emerging cognitive and interpersonal team
conflict as levers in entrepreneurship learning.
Design/methodology/approach –Atime-lagged survey method was used to collect data from 49 teams (156
individuals) of undergraduate students in an experiential new venture creation course. A predictive model of
entrepreneurial team performance through hierarchical regression analyses and moderated-moderation
analyses was tested.
Findings – Results reveal that teamwork competencies have a significant and direct influence on
entrepreneurial team performance and that intragroup conflict strengthens that relationship when high levels
of cognitive conflict and low levels of interpersonal conflict emerge.
Practical implications – The findings have implications for the design of entrepreneurial training programs,
which will benefit from interventions aimed at teamwork competency development that incorporate strategies
promoting constructive cognitive conflict while preventing the emergence of interpersonal conflict.
Originality/value – This study is a step forward in entrepreneurship education research from the perspective
of social and interpersonal processes by identifying the patterns of intra-team conflict that lead to more
effective entrepreneurial teams and more productive use of teamwork competencies in a learning-by-doing
entrepreneurial context.},
publisher = {Emerald},
keywords = {Entrepreneurship education},
keywords = {Entrepreneurial teams},
keywords = {Teamwork competencies},
keywords = {Cognitive conflict},
keywords = {Interpersonal conflict},
title = {Examining teamwork competencies and team performance in experiential entrepreneurship education: emergent intragroup conflict as a learning triggering event},
doi = {10.1108/ET-06-2021-0208},
author = {Pazos, Pilar and Pérez López, María Del Carmen and González López, María José},
}