 Impact Factor:1.088 | Ranking:Psychology, Applied 41 out of 75
| Management 92 out of 173  Appreciative Inquiry and Creative
Problem Solving in Cross-Functional Teams    1. Henry E. Peelle
III1   1. 1The Peelle Company   The purpose of this study was to
determine if time-limited cross-functional teams socially
constructed a perception of efficacy and cohesiveness through
inquiry into best practices and peak experiences relative to
teams focused on organizational problems and gap analysis. In a
short-duration, alternative treatment, quantitative, quasi-
experiment, six cross-functional teams, each with 6
participants, completed an ambiguous human-relationship-oriented
task. Three teams employed appreciative inquiry (AI), and three
teams employed creative problem solving (CPS). The findings
supported the efficacy of AI. Aggregated results of individuals
in teams employing AI reported higher levels of midtask group
identification and posttask group potency than teams employing
CPS. In this study, inquiry had an