TY - JOUR
T1 - Team Interdependence as a Substitute for Empowering Leadership Contribution to Team Meaningfulness and Performance
AU - Lisak, Alon
AU - Harush, Raveh
AU - Icekson, Tamar
AU - Harel, Sharon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 Lisak, Harush, Icekson and Harel.
PY - 2022/2/11
Y1 - 2022/2/11
N2 - This study uses a relational work design perspective to explore substitutes for leadership behaviors that promote team meaningfulness and performance. We propose that team task interdependence, a structural feature facilitating interaction among team members, can be a substitute for the contributions of empowering leadership. Data were collected from 47 R&D and technology implementation teams across three organizations in a cross-sectional field study. The results revealed that high task interdependence attenuated the contributions of empowering leadership concerning team meaningfulness and, indirectly, to team performance. These findings highlight that the importance of leaders as generators of team meaningfulness is contingent on team relational work design.
AB - This study uses a relational work design perspective to explore substitutes for leadership behaviors that promote team meaningfulness and performance. We propose that team task interdependence, a structural feature facilitating interaction among team members, can be a substitute for the contributions of empowering leadership. Data were collected from 47 R&D and technology implementation teams across three organizations in a cross-sectional field study. The results revealed that high task interdependence attenuated the contributions of empowering leadership concerning team meaningfulness and, indirectly, to team performance. These findings highlight that the importance of leaders as generators of team meaningfulness is contingent on team relational work design.
KW - empowering leadership
KW - substitute for leadership
KW - task interdependence
KW - team meaningfulness
KW - team performance
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85125197662&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.637822
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.637822
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C2 - 35222170
AN - SCOPUS:85125197662
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 13
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
M1 - 637822
ER -