Dual-level transformational leadership and team information elaboration: The mediating role of relationship conflict and moderating role of middle way thinking

Yahua Cai (), Liangding Jia () and Juexing Li ()
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Yahua Cai: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Liangding Jia: Nanjing University
Juexing Li: Nanjing University

Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 2017, vol. 34, issue 2, No 7, 399-421

Abstract: Abstract Transformational leadership studies identify a dual-level model comprising group-focused and individual-focused transformational leadership. In this study, a relational perspective is used to develop a moderated mediation model linking dual-level transformational leadership to within-team information elaboration. Data collected from 100 teams in 32 Chinese high-technology firms reveal that group-focused transformational leadership increases information elaboration, while differentiated individual-focused transformational leadership decreases information elaboration. Team relationship conflict mediates the effects. Furthermore, middle-way thinking as a culture-specific Chinese thinking style moderates the indirect effects. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Keywords: Group-focused transformational leadership; Individual-focused transformational leadership; Team relationship conflict; Information elaboration; Middle-way thinking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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