Unraveling the Effects of Experience-based Faultlines in E-sports Teams: The Moderating Influence of Team Winning Momentum

Jiantao Zhu; Fei Liu; Yijing Li; Eric Lim; Chee-Wee Tan; Hefu Liu

Unraveling the Effects of Experience-based Faultlines in E-sports Teams: The Moderating Influence of Team Winning Momentum

Jiantao Zhu, Fei Liu, Yijing Li, Eric Lim, Chee-Wee Tan, Hefu Liu

Department of Digitalization

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Abstract

Electronic sports (e-sports) is gaining popularity with more and more individuals participating as players or spectators. To win in professional tournaments, the deliberate selection of team players with diverse experience is necessary to ensure an element of surprise while maintaining a certain degree of coordination. Building on faultlines theory, we posit experience-based faultlines as a focal determinant of team performance in e-sports tournaments. Through a comprehensive review of extant literature, we derive a typology of experience attributes that are implicit to e-sports teams and from which experience-based faultlines could emerge. Analyzing data gathered on 4,051 e-sports teams, this study yields novel insights into how experience-based faultlines affect team performance. Particularly, we discover that experience-based faultlines promote team coordination, which in turn exerts a significantly positive impact on team performance. We further observe that team winning momentum not only impairs team coordination, but it also reduces team performance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)
Editors	Joey George, Souren Paul, Rahul De', Elena Karahanna, Suprateek Sarker, Gal Oestreicher-Singer
Number of pages	17
Place of Publication	Atlanta, GA
Publisher	Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)
Publication date	2020
Article number	2437
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	The 41st International Conference on Information Systems: ICIS 2020: ICIS 2020 – Making Digital Inclusive: Blending the Local and the Global - Virtual Duration: 13 Dec 2020 → 16 Dec 2020 Conference number: 41 https://icis2020.aisconferences.org/

Conference

Conference	The 41st International Conference on Information Systems: ICIS 2020
Number	41
Location	Virtual
Period	13/12/2020 → 16/12/2020
Internet address	https://icis2020.aisconferences.org/

Series	Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems
ISSN	0000-0033

Keywords

E-sports
Experience
Faultlines
Team coordination
Team momentum
Team performance

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Zhu, J., Liu, F., Li, Y., Lim, E., Tan, C-W., & Liu, H. (2020). Unraveling the Effects of Experience-based Faultlines in E-sports Teams: The Moderating Influence of Team Winning Momentum. In J. George, S. Paul, R. De', E. Karahanna, S. Sarker, & G. Oestreicher-Singer (Eds.), Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) Article 2437 Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). https://aisel.aisnet.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1018&context=icis2020

Zhu, Jiantao ; Liu, Fei ; Li, Yijing et al. / Unraveling the Effects of Experience-based Faultlines in E-sports Teams : The Moderating Influence of Team Winning Momentum. Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). editor / Joey George ; Souren Paul ; Rahul De' ; Elena Karahanna ; Suprateek Sarker ; Gal Oestreicher-Singer. Atlanta, GA : Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2020. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems).

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Zhu, J, Liu, F, Li, Y, Lim, E, Tan, C-W & Liu, H 2020, Unraveling the Effects of Experience-based Faultlines in E-sports Teams: The Moderating Influence of Team Winning Momentum. in J George, S Paul, R De', E Karahanna, S Sarker & G Oestreicher-Singer (eds), Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)., 2437, Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), Atlanta, GA, Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, The 41st International Conference on Information Systems: ICIS 2020, 13/12/2020. <https://aisel.aisnet.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1018&context=icis2020>

Unraveling the Effects of Experience-based Faultlines in E-sports Teams: The Moderating Influence of Team Winning Momentum. / Zhu, Jiantao; Liu, Fei; Li, Yijing et al.
Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). ed. / Joey George; Souren Paul; Rahul De'; Elena Karahanna; Suprateek Sarker; Gal Oestreicher-Singer. Atlanta, GA: Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2020. 2437 (Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

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Zhu J, Liu F, Li Y, Lim E, Tan C-W, Liu H. Unraveling the Effects of Experience-based Faultlines in E-sports Teams: The Moderating Influence of Team Winning Momentum. In George J, Paul S, De' R, Karahanna E, Sarker S, Oestreicher-Singer G, editors, Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). Atlanta, GA: Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). 2020. 2437. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems).