Team Personality Composition: A fsQCA and NCA Approach to Team Innovation

The purpose of this study is to explore how team members’ Big Five traits might be arranged, determining both the necessary and sufficient conditions for team innovation. Utilizing a two-wave sample of 307 employees from 82 teams across three Italian organizations, the study employs fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) and necessary condition analysis (NCA). The results showed that three configurations were conducive to high levels of innovation: high openness to experience, conscientiousness and extraversion; high openness to experience, high extraversion and low agreeableness; and high openness to experience, agreeableness and emotional stability. They also highlighted openness as a necessary condition.