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To examine how directive and empowering leadership differentially influence team development processes and performance trajectories over time.

July 26, 2012Academy of Management Journal

Examining the Differential Longitudinal Performance of Directive versus Empowering Leadership in Teams

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NLNatalia LorinkovaWayne State College MPMatthew J. PearsallUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill HSHenry P. SimsFlorida State University

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Longitudinal study reveals directive leadership aids early performance while empowering leadership drives superior long-term growth in teams, highlighting the evolving benefits of empowerment.

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To examine how directive and empowering leadership differentially influence team development processes and performance trajectories over time.
Analyzed longitudinal performance data collected across 60 teams.
Assessed developmental mediating mechanisms including team learning, coordination, empowerment, and shared mental model development.
Teams led by directive leaders initially exhibited higher baseline performance than those led by empowering leaders.
Teams led by empowering leaders achieved significantly greater performance improvement rates over time.
Long-term performance gains under empowering leadership were driven by increases in team learning, coordination, empowerment, and mental model development.

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Lorinkova et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1f1b62e800cc4eef552a2a https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2011.0132

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Longitudinal study reveals directive leadership aids early performance while empowering leadership drives superior long-term growth in teams, highlighting the evolving benefits of empowerment.

Examining the Differential Longitudinal Performance of Directive versus Empowering Leadership in Teams

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Examining the Differential Longitudinal Performance of Directive versus Empowering Leadership in Teams

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