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http://dx.doi.org/10.5392/JKCA.2016.16.09.308

Impact of Shared Leadership on Team Work Engagement: Focusing on the Mediating Role of Team Positive Psychological Capital and the Moderating Role of Task Characteristics  

Yoo, Tae-Seob (경희대학교 국제대학원 국제경영학과)
Oh, Sang-Jin (서울과학종합대학원 경영학과)
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The Journal of the Korea Contents Association / v.16, no.9, 2016 , pp. 308-328 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine, at the team level, the relationship between shared leadership and team work engagement and team psychological capital which have rarely been introduced into academic leadership research in Korea. This study tested the impact of shared leadership on team work engagement and the mediating role of team psychological capital between the two variables. And also, this study tested moderating role of task characteristics between shared leadership and team psychological capital. A total of 421 employees of 100 teams in 16 companies in South Korea participated in this study. The SPSS 23.0 statistical program was used in this study to analyze and statistically process the collected survey data. The result showed that high level of shared leadership positively influence team work engagement and team PsyCap works as mediator in the relationship between shared leadership and team work engagement. This results means that shared leadership is a crucial factor to facilitate team's psychological capital toward team's work engagement. However, Task characteristics had no moderating effect between shared leadership and team PsyCap. Finally, theoretical and practical implications of the study results have been discussed along with limitations and future direction of the study.
Keywords
Shared Leadership; Team Work Engagement; Team Positive Psychological Capital; Task Characteristics;
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