Friedrichs, Jamie - Rhoda (2025) The Influence of Shared Leadership on Psychological Safety and Performance within Teams: A Mediated Model. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
The present paper explores how the distribution of leadership tasks between managers and their employees can influence organizational performance, with specific focus on whether experiencing working dynamics as psychologically safe can act as a mediating role in this relationship. Based on the novel approach of obtaining data from leader-employee dyads, this cross-sectional study tried to extend the literature on performance levels within Dutch companies. Integrating insights from the social exchange theory, we predicted that shared leadership increases levels of mutual trust, thereby fostering psychological safety perceptions of employees, which is hypothesized to enhance performance levels. A regression and mediation analysis demonstrated an insignificant association between the direct effect of shared leadership on performance. However, positive associations between shared leadership and the mediator variable have been found. Psychological safety predicted performance gains, explaining why the findings revealed an indirect mediation effect that is only present after including psychological safety in the model. These results suggest the need to strategically integrate and cultivate psychological safety when creating frameworks for high-performing teams with joint leadership structures. Future replications that also consider the role of other but similar mediators and use a more contextually flexible longitudinal study design are recommended to broaden our knowledge regarding leadership strategies. Keywords: Shared leadership, psychological safety, performance, dyadic relationships, social exchange theory
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Bucur, R.E. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jul 2025 09:22 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jul 2025 09:22 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/5543 |
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