Analyzing Leadership Practices and Team Effectiveness: A Report

This report analyzes three research articles focused on the critical relationship between leadership and team effectiveness. The first article, by Wang, Waldman, and Zhang (2014), conducts a meta-analysis to highlight the positive impact of shared leadership on team efficiency. The second article, by Lyubovnikova et al. (2017), investigates how authentic leadership influences team performance, emphasizing the mediating role of team reflexivity. The third article, by Benjamin, Rita, and Felix (2014), examines team climate for learning and its impact on team effectiveness and innovation, focusing on psychometric validation. The report discusses the methodologies used, key findings, advantages, and limitations of each study, providing a comparative analysis of leadership practices and their effects on team performance and climate. The analysis underscores the importance of effective leadership styles in driving team success and highlights the need for considering various leadership approaches in different organizational contexts.

Personal and managerial
effectiveness

Article 1
Wang, D., Waldman, D.A. and Zhang, Z., 2014. A meta-
analysis of shared leadership and team
effectiveness. Journal of applied psychology, 99(2), p.181.

Central message
‘Leadership plays an effective role to drive team
efficiency’

Introduction
Aim of the article
The aim of this article is to identify
the role in leadership in terms of
influencing team effectiveness.

Research type
Qualitative secondary research

Discussion
Findings
 Depending on different types of leadership practices, the
team effectiveness may differ
 To analyze the team attributes, the strong leadership has
higher level of impact
 To drive the relationship of team effectiveness, shared
leadership practice shows the effective impact

Conclusion
Advantage and limitations
 Shed light on the shared leadership practice, which can
help to improve the team effectiveness
 author has not specified any industry for such leadership
practices

Article 2
Lyubovnikova, J., Legood, A., Turner, N. and Mamakouka,
A., 2017. How authentic leadership influences team
performance: The mediating role of team
reflexivity. Journal of business Ethics, 141(1), pp.59-70.

Central message
‘ Authentic leadership and its positive impact on team
efficiency’

Introduction
Aim of the research
The aim of this article is to examine
the influence of authentic leadership
practices in case of driving the team
effectiveness.

Used research method
Primary and secondary data
collection method have
been used. Using interview
method data collection has
been done.

Discussion
Findings
 The self-regulatory behavior of the authentic leader can
play an important role for shaping the behavioral
characteristics of a team.
 Important for predicting the performance of the team