Transactive memory system and entrepreneurial team performance: the impact of ability to improvise and market competition
International Journal of Emerging Markets
ISSN: 1746-8809
Article publication date: 5 July 2022
Issue publication date: 12 December 2023
Abstract
Purpose
Drawing upon the social exchange theory, this study examines the interplay of transactive memory system (TMS) with improvisation and market competition intensity for the impact on entrepreneurship performance.
Design/methodology/approach
This study used the temporal separation technique and used a questionnaire survey to collect data with a final sample of 423 valid responses forming 74 entrepreneurial teams from firms across 6 cities in China.
Findings
The expertise and credibility of the TMS has a significant positive impact on entrepreneurial performance and improvisation which mediates the relationship between the expertise and credibility of the TMS and entrepreneurial performance. The intensity of market competition positively moderates the mediating role of improvisation between the expertise and credibility of the TMS and entrepreneurial performance.
Originality/value
This study contributes to the literature on entrepreneurship in emerging economies and entrepreneurial teams. Literature on TMS lacks studies on entrepreneurship performance. The authors' contextualized TMS perspective examines the impact of specific behavior of improvisation and, therefore, holds the promise to offer a novel angle to investigate how exactly TMS impacts entrepreneurship performance while engaging in micro-level processes and entrepreneurial phenomena such as surprises and response to surprises through improvisation. The study adds the context of social exchange theory to performance of entrepreneurial teams.
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Acknowledgements
Availability of data: Available upon reasonable request from the corresponding author.
Ethics and consent: The researchers met the HR and administrative personnel to explain the academic nature of the study and obtained approval to proceed with this study. The questionnaire included a clear statement assuring participants of complete anonymity, confidentiality, the right to withdraw anytime and that proceeding to fill in the questionnaire shall deem their informed consent. The study was not invasive, did not involve any intervention or manipulation and participants were not vulnerable to any physical or psychological harm.
Funding: None.
Conflict of interest: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
Citation
Hu, W., Ahmed, F. and Su, Y. (2023), "Transactive memory system and entrepreneurial team performance: the impact of ability to improvise and market competition", International Journal of Emerging Markets, Vol. 18 No. 12, pp. 6234-6259. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOEM-09-2021-1340
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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