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The examination of multi-level phenomenon has been a perennial issue within the IS discipline. However, despite recent advancements, we see a gap in the literature in our lack of understanding of how team level perceptions, when aggregated, predict team level performance. In this paper, we report upon an experimental study of 216 subjects, representing 72 3-person teams who performed a business simulation. Our findings demonstrate a mixed set of factors predicting performance – both consensus of the team towards the technology and divergence in opinions of the team towards the technology. These results highlight the need for more work in the area of aggregating individual to team level data when examining the adoption of innovations.

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Consensus or Divergence: Examining the Aggregation of Individual to Team Level Adoption of Innovations

The examination of multi-level phenomenon has been a perennial issue within the IS discipline. However, despite recent advancements, we see a gap in the literature in our lack of understanding of how team level perceptions, when aggregated, predict team level performance. In this paper, we report upon an experimental study of 216 subjects, representing 72 3-person teams who performed a business simulation. Our findings demonstrate a mixed set of factors predicting performance – both consensus of the team towards the technology and divergence in opinions of the team towards the technology. These results highlight the need for more work in the area of aggregating individual to team level data when examining the adoption of innovations.