Fernández Roos, Roeland (2022) Shared Leadership and Team Performance: The Roles of Team Engagement and Enjoyment. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Literature about the relationship between shared leadership and team performance shows contradictory findings. Research suggests that shared leadership is a better predictor of team performance than any other vertical leadership style, but that it can also have attenuating and negative effects on team performance. How team performance is influenced by shared leadership is still unclear. Therefore, this study aims to determine what causes shared leadership to be positively related to team performance. Specifically, it investigates whether team engagement and team enjoyment have an effect on team performance. An online questionnaire was sent to employees from varying working industries to test the hypotheses. Responses were analyzed using a regression analysis. We found that shared leadership and team engagement predict positive outcomes for team performance. Also, shared leadership seems to predict team engagement. Finally, we found some support for moderation of the shared leadership-team performance relationship at a high level of team enjoyment. These results suggest that shared leadership and team engagement are associated and positively and significantly predict team performance. Furthermore, the indirect relationship between shared leadership and team performance might be stronger when team enjoyment is high. These findings contribute to the literature about the effects that shared leadership, team engagement and enjoyment have on team performance. Considering this, efforts to improve team performance should take into account the concepts of shared leadership, team engagement, and team enjoyment. Keywords: Shared Leadership, Team Performance, Team Engagement, Team Enjoyment
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Bucur, R.E. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2022 09:32 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Jul 2022 09:32 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1167 |
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