Purpose This study aims at testing the mediating role of
team reflexivity in the relationships between team learning,
performance-prove, and performance-avoid goal orienta-
tions and team creative performance and assessing the
relative importance of the three types of team goal orien-
tation in team reflexivity and creative performance.
Methodology We conducted Study 1 on 68 student teams
by using a two-wave time-lagged design. In Study 2, we
carried out a cross-sectional field study on 108 intact work
teams in diverse Korean companies.
Findings Team learning goal orientation was significantly
associated with team creative performance. While team
learning and performance-prove goal orientations were
equally influential in predicting team reflexivity, team
performance-avoid goal orientation had no relationship
with team reflexivity and creative performance. Team
reflexivity mediated the relationships between team learn-
ing and performance-prove goal orientations and team
creative performance.
Implications By revealing that team learning and perfor-
mance-prove goal orientations can contribute to team cre-
ative performance through the facilitation of team
reflective process, this study provides practitioners with insight into critical antecedents and team process that are
conducive to the creative performance of work teams.
Originality/Value This is one of the first studies to explore a
mediating mechanism between team goal orientation and
creative performance. This study attends to the role of team
reflexivity as a key team-regulatory process that underlies the
relationship between team goal orientation and team perfor-
mance. Furthermore, the use of multiple studies in different
contexts strengthens the robustness of the study findings.

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• Reflection Toward Creativity: Team Reflexivity as a Linking Mechanism Between Team Goal Orientation and Team Creative Performance