Date of Award

7-2024

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Psychology

First Advisor

Jessica L. Wildman

Second Advisor

Amanda L. Thayer

Third Advisor

Lisa A. Steelman

Fourth Advisor

Meredith Carroll

Abstract

Researchers have identified shared leadership as a valuable team phenomenon due to its link to increased team performance and suitability for the increasingly interdependent and complex work context. Yet, little effort has been invested into discovering how the process unfolds over time. Thus, the proposed study aims to clarify the temporal process of shared leadership by a) confirming that leadership decentralization precedes leadership density, b) identifying the conditions which promote the development of shared leadership, and c) exploring the conditions under which leadership decentralization leads to leadership density. Specifically, I utilize data from an online survey and a 3-hour ecologically valid laboratory study including an online pre-survey and in-person simulation to examine the temporal relationship between leadership decentralization and density, potential predictors of decentralization (the team composition of motivation to lead and competence network decentralization), and a potential moderator of the relationship (warmth network density). The results of this study will provide an initial understanding of why shared leadership initially develops and when it is likely to increase over time.

Download

Share

COinS