Answer:
a. is associated with decreases in team performance.
Explanation:
In the context of team conflict, unlike affective conflict, cognitive conflict: is associated with decreases in team performance.
Cognitive conflict arises from the perception of disagreements about the content differences in viewpoints, ideas and opinions.
Ancona and Caldwell's (1992) study of the impact of cognitive conflict on 45 product teams indicated that it had a negative direct effect on innovation and team-related performance,
Cognitive conflict is negatively related to performance in routine task groups.