An examination of when and how leader political skill influences team performance in China: A cultural value perspective |
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| Authors: | Fu Yang Lihua Zhang |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Business Administration, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, , Chengdu, China;2. School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China, , Beijing, China |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: | cultural values leader political skill power distance team cohesion team performance |
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