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The Paradox of Formal Power Comparative Analysis of the Effects of Informal and Formal Leaders on Team Effectiveness

Journal of Leadership and Management

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Title The Paradox of Formal Power Comparative Analysis of the Effects of Informal and Formal Leaders on Team Effectiveness
 
Creator Joe, Kyung Chool; Assistant Professor
Archie W. Dunham College of Business, Houston Baptist University,
7502 Fondren Rd, Houston,
TX 77074, USA
 
Description Although extensive research has focused on leadership, little is known about informal leaders in teams. Logically, it would seem that infor- mal leaders and formal leaders can have similar effects on firm performance. However, leadership research has mostly focused on formal leadership giving little attention to informal leadership. This study compared the effects of informal and formal leaders on team effective- ness. Employees’ negative feelings (pessimism) also weakened the relationship quality between informal leadership and team effectiveness, supporting the role of pessimism as a moderator. The leadership group with only informal power sources had a greater influence on team effectiveness indicating that formal supervisory power did not contribute to augmenting the impact size on team effectiveness. Implications and further research are discussed.Keywords: informal leadership, formal leadership, pessimism, team effectiveness
 
Publisher Journal of Leadership and Management
 
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Date 2018-05-15
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://leadership.net.pl/index.php/JLM/article/view/119
 
Source Journal of Leadership and Management; Vol 1, No 11 (2018): Journal of Leadership and Management
2391-6087
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://leadership.net.pl/index.php/JLM/article/view/119/84
 
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