Exploring Shared Leadership : Mediating Roles of Spirit at Work and Team Trust

Authors

  •   Nandan Prabhu Associate Professor, Manipal Institute of Management, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal - 576 104, Karnataka
  •   Navin Kumar Koodamara Assistant Professor - Selection Grade, Manipal Institute of Management, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal - 576 104, Karnataka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17010/pijom/2022/v15i2/168333

Keywords:

Shared Transformational Leadership

, Spirit at Work, Workplace Spirituality, Team Trust.

JEL Classification Codes

, M12, M14, M53, M54.

Paper Submission Date

, April 15, 2021, Paper Sent Back for Revision, December 20, Paper Acceptance Date, January 15, 2022, Paper Published Online, February 15, 2022.

Abstract

This paper aimed to develop a model of serial mediation in team effectiveness. We adopted the theory-building approach to identify the gaps in the relationship among relevant variables of the study to build a serial mediation model. We conceptualized a serial mediation model in which the constructs of ‘spirit at work’ and ‘team trust’ were posited as mediators in the relationship between shared transformational leadership and team effectiveness. This paper provided theoretical premises among the study constructs by drawing on robust theories such as symbolic interactionist theories of identity, comprehensive workplace spirituality facilitation model, and individuation theory. This paper calls for the conceptualization of multidimensional constructs such as shared transformational leadership and spirit at work as reflective – formative constructs, instead of their conceptualization as reflective – reflective constructs, as the scholars theorize the direction of causality to flow from dimensions to the latent construct.

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Nandan Prabhu, Associate Professor, Manipal Institute of Management, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal - 576 104, Karnataka

ORCID iD : https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3964-317X

Navin Kumar Koodamara, Assistant Professor - Selection Grade, Manipal Institute of Management, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal - 576 104, Karnataka

ORCID iD : https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9198-8939

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2022-02-17

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Prabhu, N., & Koodamara, N. K. (2022). Exploring Shared Leadership : Mediating Roles of Spirit at Work and Team Trust. Prabandhan: Indian Journal of Management, 15(2), 24–39. https://doi.org/10.17010/pijom/2022/v15i2/168333

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Volume 15, Issue 2, February 2022

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