| Team leader emotional intelligence and team performance—a multilevel study |
Received:October 15, 2017 Revised:October 15, 2017 |
Key Words: Emotional Intelligence, Team performance, Team cohesion, Person-team fit, Multilevel analysis |
| Author Name | Affiliation | | Long Zhang* | School of Business Administration, Hunan University | | Chih-Hsing Liu | Ming Chuan University | | Mengxi Yang | Department of Leadership and Organization Management, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University | | Jingtao Zhu | Erasmus Research Institute of Management | | Jie Feng | School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University | | Miles M. Yang | Macquarie University |
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Abstract: |
| Drawing from the IPO (Input - Process - Output) model, this paper adopted multilevel structural equation modeling (SEM) framework to estimate the dynamic mediating mechanisms that link team leader emotional intelligence (EI) with team performance. Two mechanisms, team cohesion (at the team level) and individual perceptions of person-team fit (P-T fit) (at the individual level), in this relationship were examined from a sample of 64 team leaders and 194 team members in Taiwan. Results revealed team-level cohesion mediates the impact of team leader’s EI on team performance. At the individual level, team leader’s EI was found to positively affect individual perceptions of P-T fit. The paper offers an expanded IPO framework to explain the relationship between team leader’s EI and team performance from a multi-level perspective by exploring both team and individual level mechanisms. Implications to theories and practices, as well as insights to future research are discussed. |
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