Bowing, Nele (2022) Shared Leadership and Team Outcomes: The Moderating Role of Organizational Commitment. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Shared Leadership entails the distribution of leadership responsibilities among the members of a team and is becoming ever so popular in the modern corporate world. Research has shown that it relieves single members of accountabilities and stress and simultaneously increases team outcomes for all members. The current study investigates which outcomes exactly are enhanced, focusing specifically on team performance and satisfaction. It is hypothesized that both will be positively and significantly related to shared leadership. Furthermore, to enhance previous research the moderating role of organizational commitment is investigated and predicted to strengthen the relationship between shared leadership and outcomes if it is higher rather than lower. The study includes a convenience sample with participants from a range of different occupational backgrounds (N=75). A linear regression study was conducted to investigate the different associations and moderation effects. Results show that shared leadership is significantly associated with team performance, however not team satisfaction. Organizational commitment on the other hand is significantly related to team satisfaction but not team performance. Furthermore, organizational commitment showed no moderation effect on team performance or satisfaction. We conclude that shared leadership is beneficial to organizations as it helps enhance outcomes, more specifically team performance. When looking at team satisfaction, however, we propose that future research should investigate third variables which may mediate the association. Strengths and limitations are discussed.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Bucur, R.E. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jul 2022 09:28 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jul 2022 09:28 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1127 |
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