An Examination of the Relationship Between Perceived Leadership Behaviors, Perceived Team Cohesion and Team Performance

<p>In an effort to help explain more of the variance in team performance, studies examining the effects of leadership upon team performance have included a limited number of contexts (Antonakis, Avolio and Sivasubramaniam, 2003; Tejada, Scandura and Pillai, 2001). This study is the first to empirically examine the relationship of leadership styles to team cohesion, and team cohesion to team performance utilizing the nine-factor version of the full range of leadership theory (transformational leadership, transactional leadership, and no leadership typologies) in the context of professional sports. Further, it empirically measures the perceptions of official members of the sports league ecosystem who are integral to the team process. Survey responses were analyzed to determine the leadership styles of head coaches and managers of four professional sports leagues in North America. Results show that a broad range of leadership styles have a relationship with overall performance and cohesion. Further, a positive and strong relationship between cohesion and team performance was found. Unexpectedly, the perceptions of a leaders’ use of active management by exception behaviors appeared to make a positive difference for both perceived team cohesion and team performance in this context. Implications for leadership theory and future research are discussed.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Management

Year dc:date.available

2014

Author dc:creator

• Miles, Alvin

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Steve Werner
• Dr. Joe Astrachan
• Dr. Stacy Campbell

• perceived leadership
• perceived team cohesion
• distributed leadership
• team performance
• leadership styles
• Business
• Business Administration, Management, and Operations
• Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/etd/658

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu:etd-1658