The influence of leadership roles and team building & participation on team shared mental models: A study of project managers in Malaysia

• Autores: Han Ping Fung
• Localización: Revista de Administração de Roraima - RARR, ISSN-e 2237-8057, Vol. 8, Nº. 2, 2018, págs. 230-259
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.18227/2237-8057rarr.v8i2.4736
• Títulos paralelos:
  • A influência dos papéis de liderança e construção da equipe e participação nos modelos mentais compartilhados por equipes: Um estudo de gerentes de projetos na Malásia
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  • English

    More and more project teams are formed to achieve organizational objectives as organizations generally recognize the importance and benefits of project teams. One of the outcomes working in a project team is the proliferation of Team Shared Mental Models (TSMM). It is critical to examine the antecedents of TSMM which is the aim of this study as TSMM by itself can contribute to project team learning and others. However, it is unclear from literature whether both leadership roles and team building & participation can influence TSMM concurrently especially in a project setting study whereby there is resource and time constraint compare to normal work teams which are ongoing and operational in nature. This study has developed a research model underpinned on Cohen and Bailey’s (1997) Team Effectiveness Framework to empirically analyze how leadership roles and team building & participation can predict TSMM. Based on 201 random sample responses from project managers in Malaysia, findings suggest that leadership roles can influence TSMM indirectly via team building & participation. Knowledge contribution of this study is that project managers should invest extra efforts in team building & participation as it is the main contributor to TSMM.

  • português

    Mais e mais equipes de projeto são formadas para atingir os objetivos organizacionais, pois as organizações geralmente reconhecem a importância e os benefícios das equipes de projeto. Um dos resultados trabalhando em uma equipe de projeto é a proliferação de Team Mental Models Compartilhados (TSMM). É fundamental examinar os antecedentes do TSMM, que é o objetivo deste estudo, já que o TSMM por si só pode contribuir para o aprendizado da equipe do projeto e outros. No entanto, não está claro na literatura se os papéis de liderança e formação de equipe e participação podem influenciar o TSMM simultaneamente, especialmente em um estudo de configuração do projeto, em que há restrição de recursos e tempo para equipes de trabalho normais e operacionais. Este estudo desenvolveu um modelo de pesquisa baseado no Enquadramento de Eficácia da Equipe de Cohen e Bailey (1997) para analisar empiricamente como os papéis de liderança e a formação e participação de equipes podem prever o TSMM. Com base em 201 respostas de amostras aleatórias de gerentes de projetos na Malásia, as descobertas sugerem que as funções de liderança podem influenciar indiretamente o TSMM por meio da formação e participação de equipes. A contribuição do conhecimento deste estudo é que os gerentes de projeto devem investir esforços extras na formação de equipes e participação, pois é o principal contribuinte para a TSMM.

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