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An examination of when and how leader political skill influences team performance in C hina: A cultural value perspective
Author(s) -
Yang Fu,
Zhang Lihua
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asian journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-839X
pISSN - 1367-2223
DOI - 10.1111/ajsp.12079
Subject(s) - psychology , cohesion (chemistry) , politics , social psychology , team effectiveness , value (mathematics) , perspective (graphical) , psychological safety , hofstede's cultural dimensions theory , management , political science , economics , chemistry , organic chemistry , machine learning , artificial intelligence , computer science , law
This study examined the relationship between leader political skill and team performance, as well as the mediating (team cohesion) and moderating (power distance) variables of the relationship. Our theoretical model was tested using data collected from employees in a food service company. Analyses of multisource and lagged data from 59 teams and 276 members indicated that leader political skill was positively related to team performance via team cohesion. Further, both the relationship between leader political skill and team cohesion and the indirect relationship between leader political skill and team performance were stronger when teams exhibited lower power distance.