The roles of enjoyment and shared goals as an integration mechanism between transactive memory system and ambidextrous innovation in open innovation teams: An exploratory study on Cross-Field student team contests

The development of an effective and efficient mechanism to approach ambidextrous innovation plays an important role in interdisciplinary learning. The mechanism under consideration is comprised of enjoyment and shared goals. Enjoyment makes teammates feel comfortable with regard to learning, and shared goals help them focus in the same direction. With the support of a transactive memory system, we attempted to verify relationships involving whether or not these two powerful roles of integration mechanisms enhance learning attitudes and lead teammates to both improve existing knowledge and acquire new knowledge and in turn, lead to the development of ambidexterity. Therefore, we adopted purposive sampling and received 36 responses from questionnaire surveys in the Promotional Program for Cross-Field Creative Scenario Value-Adding of the National Science Council in Taiwan. The results verified only that the role of enjoyment serves a function as a significant mediator between transactive memory systems and ambidextrous innovation.