Functional Leadership in Interteam Contexts: Understanding 'What' in the Context of Why? Where? When? and Who?

Leadersh Q

Department of Management & Leadership, Bauer College of Business, University of Houston, 4750 Calhoun Rd, Houston, Texas 77004, USA.

Published: February 2020

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  • Research on team leadership has mainly concentrated on how leadership operates within individual teams to meet their specific goals.
  • This review emphasizes the need to define effective leadership in situations where different teams interact, highlighting the importance of understanding leadership processes both within and between teams, as well as considering broader system goals.
  • The authors synthesize 30 years of research on interteam leadership to address key questions and conclude with three main recommendations for future research to better understand leadership in these collaborative contexts.

Article Abstract

Research on team leadership has primarily focused on leadership processes targeted within teams, in support of team objectives. Yet, teams are open systems that interact with other teams to achieve proximal as well as distal goals. This review clarifies that defining '' constitutes functionally effective leadership in interteam contexts requires greater precision with regard to (within teams, across teams) and (team goals, system goals) leadership processes are enacted, as well as greater consideration of and leadership processes arise. We begin by synthesizing findings from empirical studies published over the past 30 years that shed light on questions of what, where, why, when, and who related to interteam leadership and end by providing three overarching recommendations for how research should proceed in order to provide a more comprehensive picture of leadership in interteam contexts.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7454171PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2019.101378DOI Listing

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