The relationship between transformational leadership and LMX: The moderating role of team virtuality and task interdependence.
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Abstract
Despite widespread increase in virtual teamwork, there still remains relatively
little research on how leaders build relationship with their virtual team members
and what factors that might influence this. Therefore, this study examined the
joint moderating roles of the degree of team virtuality and the level of received
task interdependence on the relationship between transformational leadership and
leader-member exchange (LMX). In order to explore this relationship, the study
used data collected from two-stage online surveys from two companies operating
in virtual teams. Using regression analysis, the data collected from the total of 79
participants, showed that the relationship between transformational leadership and
LMX turned negative if team virtuality and team task interdependence were high.
This indicates that transformational leadership is more effective in building LMX
in low team virtuality conditions. An elaborative discussion of our findings,
together with practical implications and directions for future research are
discussed.
Key words: Virtual teams, transformational leadership behavior, LMX and task
interdependence
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Masteroppgave(MSc) in Master of Science in Leadership and Organizational Psychology - Handelshøyskolen BI, 2017