Shared leadership in management teams and organizational performance: The mediating role of social capital
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18046/j.estger.2022.162.4524Keywords:
shared leadership, social capital, organizational performance, ColombiaAbstract
This study analyzed the mediating effect of social capital on the relationship between shared leadership in the management teams of Colombian companies and organizational performance. Through a survey applied to 113 directors of Colombian companies, a structural equation model was evaluated using the methodology of partial least squares. It was identified that the shared leadership of the management team has a positive effect on the organizational performance and that social capital exerts a total mediation in this relationship. The findings highlight the importance of sharing leadership responsibilities to foster social capital in organizations and thus achieve organizational objectives with improved performance.
Downloads
References
Adler, P. S. y Kwon, S. W. (2002). Social capital: Prospects for a new concept. Academy of Management Review, 27(1), 17-40. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMR.2002.5922314
Berraies, S. (2019). The effect of enterprise social networks use on exploitative and exploratory innovations. Journal of Intellectual Capital, 20(3), 426-452. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1108/JIC-02-2019-0030
Bhayana, C., Gupta, V. y Sharda, K. (2021). The role of shared leadership in managing conflicts in multigenerational teams: A research framework. Business Perspectives and Research, 9(2), 252-268. https://doi.org/10.1177/2278533720964928
Bilhuber-Galli, E. y Müller-Stewens, G. (2012). How to build social capital with leadership development: Lessons from an explorative case study of a multibusiness firm. Leadership Quarterly, 23(1), 176-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.11.014
Brown, C., MacGregor, S. y Flood, J. (2020). Can models of distributed leadership be used to mobilise networked generated innovation in schools? A case study from England. Teaching and Teacher Education, 94, 103101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2020.103101
Carson, J. B., Tesluk, P. E. y Marrone, J. A. (2007). Shared leadership in teams: An investigation of antecedent conditions and performance. Academy of Management Journal, 50(5), 1217-1234. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2007.20159921
Chen, L., Zheng, W., Yang, B. y Bai, S. (2016). Transformational leadership, social capital and organizational innovation. Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 37(7), 843-859. https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-07-2015-0157
Chen, Z., Chen, Z., Yu, Y. y Huang, S. (2020). How Shared Leadership in Entrepreneurial Teams Influences New Venture Performance: A Moderated Mediation Model. Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies, 27(4), 406-418. https://doi.org/10.1177/1548051820950366
Cook, A., Zill, A. y Meyer, B. (2020). Observing leadership as behavior in teams and herds – An ethological approach to shared leadership research. Leadership Quarterly, 31(2), 101296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2019.05.003
Cullen-Lester, K. L., Maupin, C. K. y Carter, D. R. (2017). Incorporating social networks into leadership development: A conceptual model and evaluation of research and practice. Leadership Quarterly, 28(1), 130-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2016.10.005
D’Innocenzo, L., Mathieu, J. E. y Kukenberger, M. R. (2016). A meta-analysis of different forms of shared leadership–team performance relations. Journal of Management, 42(7), 1964-1991. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206314525205
Dess, G. G. y Sauerwald, S. (2014). Creating value in organizations: The vital role of social capital. Organizational Dynamics, 43(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgdyn.2013.10.001
Duodu, B. y Rowlinson, S. (2019). Intellectual capital for exploratory and exploitative innovation. Journal of Intellectual Capital, 20(3), 382-405. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1108/JIC-08-2018-0144
Ensley, M. D., Hmieleski, K. M. y Pearce, C. L. (2006). The importance of vertical and shared leadership within new venture top management teams: Implications for the performance of startups. Leadership Quarterly, 17(3), 217-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2006.02.002
Ensley, M. D., Pearson, A. y Pearce, C. L. (2003). Top management team process, shared leadership, and new venture performance: A theoretical model and research agenda. Human Resource Management Review, 13(2), 329-346. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1053-4822(03)00020-2
Galunic, C., Ertug, G. y Gargiulo, M. (2012). The positive externalities of social capital: Benefiting from senior brokers. Academy of Management Journal, 55(5), 1213-1231. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2010.0827
Gaviria-Rivera, J. I. y López-Zapata, E. (2019). Transformational leadership, organizational climate and job satisfaction in work teams. European Research Studies Journal, 22(3), 68-82. https://doi.org/10.35808/ersj/1457
Gonçalves, T., Teixeira, M. S., Dias, J. G., Gouveia, S. y Correia, R. J. (2021). Commitment to exporting as an antecedent of organizational skills and firm performance. Journal of Business Economics, 91, 1063–1084. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11573-021-01028-x
Gupta, V. K., Huang, R. y Yayla, A. A. (2011). Social capital, collective transformational leadership, and performance: A resource-based view of self-managed teams. Journal of Managerial Issues, 23(1), 31-45.
Hair, J. F., Howard, M. C. y Nitzl, C. (2020). Assessing measurement model quality in PLS-SEM using confirmatory composite analysis. Journal of Business Research, 109, 101-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.11.069
Hair, J. F., Hult, G. T. M., Ringle, C. y Sarstedt, M. (2017). A primer on partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). SAGE Publications.
Hambrick, D. C. (2007). Upper echelons theory: An update. Academy of Management Review, 32(2), 334-343. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMR.2007.24345254
Han, S. J., Lee, Y., Beyerlein, M. y Kolb, J. (2018). Shared leadership in teams: The role of coordination, goal commitment, and knowledge sharing on perceived team performance. Team Performance Management, 24(3-4), 150-168. https://doi.org/10.1108/TPM-11-2016-0050
Hasan, I., He, Q. y Lu, H. (2020). The impact of social capital on economic attitudes and outcomes. Journal of International Money and Finance, 108, 102162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2020.102162
He, H. y Hu, Y. (2021). The dynamic impacts of shared leadership and the transactive memory system on team performance: A longitudinal study. Journal of Business Research, 130(May 2020), 14-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.03.007
Hincapié-Montoya, S. M., Zuluaga-Correa, Y. C. y López-Zapata, E. (2018). Transformational leadership and continuous improvement in work teams of colombian smes. Revista Venezolana de Gerencia, 23(83).
Hoch, J. E. (2013). Shared leadership and innovation: The role of vertical leadership and employee integrity. Journal of Business and Psychology, 28(2), 159-174. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-012-9273-6
Hsu, J. S. C., Li, Y. y Sun, H. (2017). Exploring the interaction between vertical and shared leadership in information systems development projects. International Journal of Project Management, 35(8), 1557-1572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2017.08.009
Hung, R. Y. Y., Yang, B., Lien, B. Y.-H., McLean, G. N. y Kuo, Y.-M. (2010). Dynamic capability: Impact of process alignment and organizational learning culture on performance. Journal of World Business, 45(3), 285-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2009.09.003
Jabarzadeh, Y., Sanoubar, N., Vahdat, A. y Khosravi-Saghezchi, F. (2019). The role of shared leadership and communication in promoting strategic consensus and performance. Organization Management Journal, 16(4), 220-234. https://doi.org/10.1080/15416518.2019.1661821
Koohang, A., Paliszkiewicz, J. y Goluchowski, J. (2017). The impact of leadership on trust, knowledge management, and organizational performance: A research model. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 117(3), 521-537. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMDS-02-2016-0072
Leana, C. R. y Pil, F. K. (2006). Social capital and organizational performance: Evidence from urban public schools. Organization Science, 17(3), 353-366. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1060.0191
Lee, C. y Hallak, R. (2020). Investigating the effects of offline and online social capital on tourism SME performance: A mixed-methods study of New Zealand entrepreneurs. Tourism Management, 80(April), 104128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2020.104128
Liu, S., Hu, J., Li, Y., Wang, Z. y Lin, X. (2014). Examining the cross-level relationship between shared leadership and learning in teams: Evidence from China. The Leadership Quarterly, 25(2), 282-295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.08.006
Liu, Y. y Werblow, J. (2019). The operation of distributed leadership and the relationship with organizational commitment and job satisfaction of principals and teachers: A multi-level model and meta-analysis using the 2013 TALIS data. International Journal of Educational Research, 96, 41-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2019.05.005
Lyndon, S. y Pandey, A. (2019). Shared leadership in entrepreneurial teams: A qualitative study. Journal of Indian Business Research, 12(3), 427-441. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIBR-06-2019-0196
Martin, J., Cormican, K., Sampaio, S. C. B. y Wu, Q. (2018). Shared leadership and team performance: An analysis of moderating factors. Procedia Computer Science, 138, 671-679. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2018.10.089
McCallum, S. y O’Connell, D. (2009). Social capital and leadership development: Building stronger leadership through enhanced relational skills. Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 30(2), 152-166. https://doi.org/10.1108/01437730910935756
Mihalache, O. R., Jansen, J. J. P., Van den Bosch, F. A. J. y Volberda, H. W. (2014). Top management team shared leadership and organizational ambidexterity: A moderated mediation framework. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 8(2), 128-148. https://doi.org/10.1002/sej.1168
Müller, E., Pintor, S. y Wegge, J. (2018). Shared leadership effectiveness: Perceived task complexity as moderator. Team Performance Management, 24(5-6), 298-315. https://doi.org/10.1108/TPM-09-2017-0048
Nahapiet, J. y Ghoshal, S. (1998). Social capital, intellectual capital, and the organizational advantage. Academy of Management Review, 23(2), 242-266. https://doi.org/10.2307/259373
Nappi, J. (2014). The teacher leader: Improving schools by building social capital through shared leadership. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 80(4), 29-34.
Nicolaides, V. C., LaPort, K. A., Chen, T. R., Tomassetti, A. J., Weis, E. J., Zaccaro, S. J. y Cortina, J. M. (2014). The shared leadership of teams: A meta-analysis of proximal, distal, and moderating relationships. Leadership Quarterly, 25(5), 923-942. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2014.06.006
Pearce, C. L. (2004). The future of leadership: Combining vertical and shared leadership to transform knowledge work. Academy of Management Executive, 18(1), 47-57. https://doi.org/10.5465/AME.2004.12690298
Pearce, C. L. y Sims, H. P. (2000). Shared leadership: Toward a multi-level theory of leadership. Advances in Interdisciplinary Studies of Work Teams, 7, 115-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1572-0977(00)07008-4
Pearce, C. L. y Sims, H. P. (2002). Vertical versus shared leadership as predictors of the effectiveness of change management teams: An examination of aversive, directive, transactional, transformational, and empowering leader behaviors. Group Dynamics, 6(2), 172-197. https://doi.org/10.1037/1089-2699.6.2.172
Pearce, C. L., Wassenaar, C. L. y Manz, C. C. (2014). Is shared leadership the key to responsible leadership? Academy of Management Perspectives, 28(3), 275-288. https://doi.org/10.5465/amp.2014.0017
Pitelis, C. N. y Wagner, J. D. (2019). Strategic shared leadership and organizational dynamic capabilities. Leadership Quarterly, 30(2), 233-242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2018.08.002
Podsakoff, P. M., MacKenzie, S. B., Lee, J.-Y. y Podsakoff, N. P. (2003). Common method biases in behavioral research: A critical review of the literature and recommended remedies. Journal of Applied Psychology, 88(5), 879-903. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.88.5.879
Reyes-Bastidas, C. y Briano-Turrent, G. del C. (2018). Women in leadership positions and corporate sustainability: Evidence on listed companies from Colombia and Chile. Estudios Gerenciales, 34(149), 385-398. https://doi.org/10.18046/j.estger.2018.149.2877
Ringle, C. M., Wende, S. y Becker, J. M. (2015). SmartPLS 3. SmartPLS GmbH. http://www.smartpls.com
Robert, L. P. y You, S. (2018). Are you satisfied yet? Shared leadership, individual trust, autonomy, and satisfaction in virtual teams. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 69(4), 503-513. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.23983
Roberts, C. (2013). Building social capital through leadership development. Journal of Leadership Education, 12(1), 54-73. https://doi.org/10.12806/v12/i1/r4
Rojero-Jiménez, R., Gómez-Romero, J. G. I. y Quintero-Robles, L. M. (2019). El liderazgo transformacional y su influencia en los atributos de los seguidores en las Mipymes mexicanas. Estudios Gerenciales, 35(151), 178-189. https://doi.org/10.18046/j.estger.2019.151.3192
Salas-Vallina, A., Ferrer-Franco, A. y Herrera, J. (2020). Fostering the healthcare workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic: Shared leadership, social capital, and contagion among health professionals. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 35(6), 1606-1610. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3035
Scott-Young, C. M., Georgy, M. y Grisinger, A. (2019). Shared leadership in project teams: An integrative multi-level conceptual model and research agenda. International Journal of Project Management, 37(4), 565-581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2019.02.002
Shipilov, A. y Danis, W. (2006). TMG social capital, strategic choice and firm performance. European Management Journal, 24(1), 16-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2005.12.004
Sivasubramaniam, N., Murry, W. D., Avolio, B. J. y Jung, D. I. (2002). A longitudinal model of the effects of team leadership and group potency on group performance. Group and Organization Management, 27(1), 66-96. https://doi.org/10.1177/1059601102027001005
Subramaniam, M. y Youndt, M. A. (2005). The influence of intellectual capital on the types of innovative capabilities. Academy of Management Journal, 48(3), 450-463. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2005.17407911
Subramony, M., Segers, J., Chadwick, C. y Shyamsunder, A. (2018). Leadership development practice bundles and organizational performance: The mediating role of human capital and social capital. Journal of Business Research, 83(October 2017), 120-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.09.044
Svensson, P. G., Kang, S. y Ha, J. P. (2021). Examining the influence of shared leadership and organizational capacity on performance and innovative work behavior in sport for development and peace. Journal of Sport Management, 33(6), 546-559. https://doi.org/10.1123/JSM.2018-0196
Umans, T., Smith, E., Andersson, W. y Planken, W. (2020). Top management teams’ shared leadership and ambidexterity: The role of management control systems. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 86(3), 444-462. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020852318783539
Zhu, J., Liao, Z., Yam, K. C. y Johnson, R. E. (2018). Shared leadership: A state-of-the-art review and future research agenda. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 39(7), 834-852. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2296
Zhu, J., Song, L. J., Zhu, L. y Johnson, R. E. (2019). Visualizing the landscape and evolution of leadership research. The Leadership Quarterly, 30(2), 215-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2018.06.003
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Articles are the sole responsibility of their authors, and will not compromise Icesi’s University principles or policies nor those of the Editorial Board of the journal Estudios Gerenciales. Authors authorize and accept the transfer of all rights to the journal, both for its print and electronic publication. After an article is published, it may be reproduced without previous permission of the author or the journal but the author(s), year, title, volume, number and range of pages of the publication must be mentioned. In addition, Estudios Gerenciales must be mentioned as the source (please, refrain from using Revista Estudios Gerenciales).
How to Cite
