Leader productivity and people orientations for cooperative goals and effective teams in China

Document Type

Journal article

Source Publication

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Publication Date

8-15-2014

Volume

25

Issue

15

First Page

2129

Last Page

2145

Keywords

cooperative goals, leadership, productivity and people orientations, team effectiveness

Abstract

Researchers have traditionally distinguished leaders by the extent to which they are oriented to people and productivity, and meta-analytic results indicate that these orientations have consistent and practically important effects. But research is needed to understand the dynamics by which these orientations induce team effectiveness. This study empirically relates leader orientations to teamwork by suggesting that productivity- and people-oriented leaders develop cooperative goals among team members that in turn results in team effectiveness. A total of 146 team leaders from 21 organizations in China completed measures of productivity and people orientations and their encouraging cooperative goals among team members; 1067 team members rated their effectiveness. Results of the structural equation analysis support the theorizing that leader productivity and people values when complemented by strengthening cooperative relationships can contribute to making teams effective in China and perhaps in other countries as well.

DOI

10.1080/09585192.2013.872168

Print ISSN

09585192

E-ISSN

14464399

Publisher Statement

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Full-text Version

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Language

English

Recommended Citation

Chen, G., & Tjosvold, D. (2014). Leader productivity and people orientations for cooperative goals and effective teams in China. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 25(15), 2129-2145. doi: 10.1080/09585192.2013.872168

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