Advice Networks in Teams: The Role of Transformational Leadership and Members' Core Self-Evaluations

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Zhang, Zhen; Peterson, Suzanne J.
• 署名单位: Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/a0023254
• 发表日期: 2011
• 页码: 1004-1017
• 关键词: advice networks; transformational leadership; CORE SELF-EVALUATIONS; TEAM DIVERSITY; TEAM PERFORMANCE

摘要

This article examines the team-level factors promoting advice exchange networks in teams. Drawing upon theory and research on transformational leadership, team diversity, and social networks, we hypothesized that transformational leadership positively influences advice network density in teams and that advice network density serves as a mediating mechanism linking transformational leadership to team performance. We further hypothesized a 3-way interaction in which members' mean core self-evaluation (CSE) and diversity in CSE jointly moderate the transformational leadership-advice network density relationship, such that the relationship is positive and stronger for teams with low diversity in CSE and high mean CSE. In addition, we expected that advice network centralization attenuates the positive influence of network density on team performance. Results based on multisource data from 79 business unit management teams showed support for these hypotheses. The results highlight the pivotal role played by transformational leadership and team members' CSEs in enhancing team social networks and, ultimately, team effectiveness.