Book chapter
A Social and Functional Perspective of Team Leadership Networks
Social Networks at Work, pp 333-361
2020
Abstract
Leadership is fundamentally a process that occurs between people and as such, leadership can be viewed as a social, informal, and shared. While most research has focused on either a functional (i.e., distribution of roles/functions) or a social (i.e., social and relational process) perspective of leadership separately, we argue that, to truly understand what it means to share leadership, an integration of both perspectives of leadership is necessary. Given the complexity of a relational approach and a variety of leadership functions team members can share, we propose that leadership in teams will emerge in a configural way. Social network approaches are well-positioned to examine the non-uniform patterns of team interactions and combine the two perspectives of leadership. By adopting a network perspective, this chapter introduces leadership network arrangements based on density and centralization. Furthermore, individual characteristics and team contexts are explored that influence the manifestation and utility of different leadership network arrangements.
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- Title
- A Social and Functional Perspective of Team Leadership Networks
- Creators
- Michael R. Kukenberger - University of New Hampshire at ManchesterLauren E D'Innocenzo - Drexel UniversityNatalie J. Shin - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Social Networks at Work, pp 333-361
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Edition
- 1
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Management
- Other Identifier
- 991021900514804721