Vicarious Learning: The Relationship Between Perceived Leader Behavior and Work Group Member Behavior

The relationship between perceived leader behavior and work group behavior was examined. Archival survey data was used in the analyses. The company that developed the survey randomly selected 595 employees to complete the survey. Results suggest there is a strong and significant relationship between leader and subordinate behavior. Group members who report that their leader demonstrates a particular behavior also report that their work group demonstrates the same or similar behavior, suggesting that subordinates may be modeling the behavior of their leader. Leadership behaviors related to trust, availability, respect, conflict, and support seem to be the best predictors of work group behavior. Furthermore, whether or not group members have received team training appears to have an effect on their perceptions of their leader and work group. The challenge for leaders is to understand modeling principles so that they can facilitate the modeling of functional rather than dysfunctional behaviors.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2002

Author dc:creator

• Brown, Diem

Contributors dc:contributor

• Beyerlein, Michael
• Johnson, Douglas A.
• Halfhill, Terry

• Teams in the workplace.
• Leadership.
• trust
• vicarious learning
• modeling
• leadership behavior
• workgroup behavior

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Brown, Diem
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 52081744
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3358/
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

info:ark/67531/metadc3358