Impact of Shared Leadership Quality on Agile Team Productivity and Project Results

IF 5.1 2区管理学 Q1 MANAGEMENT

Project Management Journal Pub Date : 2023-03-09 DOI:10.1177/87569728221150436

M. Hofman, Grzegorz Grela, Magdalena Oronowicz

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Abstract

Drawing on leadership theory, this research verified what makes shared leadership an effective form of leadership for agile project teams, and whether using it influences the outcomes achieved by such teams as well as the more distal outcomes. Survey data were collected from 251 members of agile project teams implementing projects of an iterative and incremental character. Structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was adopted to test the hypotheses. Our research confirms that shared leadership is an effective form of leadership for agile project teams whose members are empowered to engage in leadership functions or processes. The findings confirm a positive direct impact of shared leadership on the performance of agile project teams and indirect impact on project efficiency and effectiveness. The research results also confirm the influence of project team–related contextual moderators on shared leadership inputs and outputs. The study contributes to leadership theory in the plural leadership research stream and confirms the shift from individual leadership to collective leadership as a result of the growing popularity of the agility paradigm.

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共享领导质量对敏捷团队生产力和项目结果的影响

借鉴领导理论，本研究验证了共享领导是敏捷项目团队有效领导形式的原因，以及使用共享领导是否会影响这些团队取得的成果以及更远的结果。调查数据是从251个敏捷项目团队的成员中收集来的，他们正在实施迭代和增量的项目。采用结构方程模型(PLS-SEM)对假设进行检验。我们的研究证实，对于成员被授权参与领导职能或过程的敏捷项目团队来说，共享领导是一种有效的领导形式。研究结果证实了共享领导对敏捷项目团队绩效的正面直接影响和对项目效率和有效性的间接影响。研究结果还证实了项目团队相关情境调节因子对共享领导力输入和输出的影响。该研究为多元领导研究流派中的领导理论做出了贡献，并证实了敏捷范式日益流行所导致的从个体领导向集体领导的转变。

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Project Management Journal MANAGEMENT-

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9.30

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14.00%

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期刊介绍： Project Management Journal (PMJ) is the academic and research journal of the Project Management Institute and features state-of-the-art research, techniques, theories, and applications in project management. Projects represent a growing population of human activity in large, small, private, and public organizations. Projects are used to execute and sustain today's organizational activities. They play a fundamental role as the engine of tomorrow's innovation, value creation, and strategic change. However, projects often fail to deliver their promise. PMJ addresses these multiple challenges and opportunities by encouraging the development and application of novel theories, concepts, frameworks, research methods, and designs. PMJ embraces contributions both from within and beyond project management to augment and transform theory and practice.