Abstract
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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1004-1017 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Journal of Applied Psychology |
Volume | 96 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1 2011 |
Keywords
- Advice networks
- Core self-evaluations
- Team diversity
- Team performance
- Transformational leadership
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Applied Psychology