How team forgiveness climate influences innovative performance in college student innovation teams: a moderated mediation model
Honghao Hu, Chao Li, Jonas Valkonen, Haoluan Fu · 2026
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Honghao Hu, Chao Li, and their co-authors asked whether a forgiving team climate helps student innovation teams do better work. Their 2026 study used data from 145 college student innovation teams at one large university in East China. Forgiveness here means a team treats mistakes as material to learn from, rather than as faults to punish.
Survey results showed that a forgiving climate tracked with stronger innovation results. Learning from mistakes carried much of that effect, linking the climate to the outcome. A shared vision strengthened the path: when the team shared a clear vision, the forgiving climate fed learning from mistakes more strongly. The findings extend forgiveness research from single workers to whole teams.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Honghao Hu, Chao Li, Jonas Valkonen, Haoluan Fu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 53 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |