Predictors of the emergence of transformational leadership in virtual decision teams |
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Authors: | Pierre A Balthazard David A Waldman John E Warren |
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Institution: | 1. W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, 4701 W. Thunderbird Rd. (MC 2451), Glendale, AZ 85306-4908, United States;2. University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, Texas 78249-0608, United States |
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Abstract: | This study examined the etiology of transformational leadership in virtual team contexts. First, we compared 127 members of virtual decision-making teams with 135 members of traditional face-to-face teams in terms of the relationship between aspects of personality and the emergence of transformational leadership. The type of communication media (face-to-face versus “pure” virtual) was found to interact with extraversion and emotional stability in the prediction of emerging transformational leadership. In line with prior findings, we showed how these personality characteristics were relevant to transformational leadership emergence in our face-to-face teams. However, they were largely unrelated to such leadership in the virtual team context. We also focused specifically on the virtual context by analyzing the content of team interactions. After accounting for the effect of degree of activity level, the linguistic quality in one's written communication was found to predict the emergence of transformational leadership in virtual teams. |
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