The External Leadership of Self-Managing Teams: Intervening in the Context of Novel and Disruptive Events.
- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Applied Psychology
- Vol. 90 (3), 497-508
- https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.90.3.497
Abstract
Relatively little empirical research has been conducted on external leaders of self-managing teams. The integration of functional leadership theory with research on team routines suggests that leaders can intervene in teams in several different ways, and the effectiveness of this intervention depends on the nature of the events the team encounters. External team leaders from 3 organizations first described a series of events (N=117), and leaders and team members then completed surveys to quantitatively describe the events. Results indicated that leader preparation and supportive coaching were positively related to team perceptions of leader effectiveness, with preparation becoming more strongly related to effectiveness as event novelty increased. More active leader intervention activities (active coaching and sense making) were negatively related to satisfaction with leadership yet were positively related to effectiveness as events became more disruptive.This publication has 44 references indexed in Scilit:
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