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How Shared Leadership And Team Personality Composition Interact To Improve Entrepreneurial Team Performance: Evidence From China, Wencang Zhou, Yanli Zhang, Yali Shen
How Shared Leadership And Team Personality Composition Interact To Improve Entrepreneurial Team Performance: Evidence From China, Wencang Zhou, Yanli Zhang, Yali Shen
Department of Management Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to explore the contingency effects of personality composition on the shard leadership and entrepreneurial team performance relationship and second, to examine different contingency effects that team personality mean score and team personality diversity have on the shared leadership – entrepreneurial team performance relationship, using the person-team fit theory and the Big-5 framework. Design/methodology/approach: The sample consisted of 200 entrepreneurial teams in a technology incubator founded in 2009 in eastern China. Data were collected through an online survey. Findings: Team conscientiousness level and team openness to experience diversity were found to interact …
When Does Shared Leadership Matter In Entrepreneurial Teams: The Role Of Personality Composition, Wencang Zhou
When Does Shared Leadership Matter In Entrepreneurial Teams: The Role Of Personality Composition, Wencang Zhou
Department of Management Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Although prior research has investigated a number of conditions under which shared leadership in teams may improve team performance, team composition variables have been left unexplored. Using a sample of 144 teams in a technology incubator in China, this study explored the moderating effects of personality diversity on the relationship between shared leadership and entrepreneurial team performance. Results indicate that shared leadership improves entrepreneurial team performance; the strength of the relationship, however, depends on the level of team personality diversity. More specifically, when relationship-oriented personality diversity is high, the shared leadership—team performance relationship is stronger. These findings advance research in …
Team Composition Of New Venture Founding Teams: Does Personality Matter?, Wencang Zhou, Huajing Hu, Michael Zey
Team Composition Of New Venture Founding Teams: Does Personality Matter?, Wencang Zhou, Huajing Hu, Michael Zey
Department of Management Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Purpose – First, using the task-relationship dichotomy as a framework, the purpose of this paper is to examine the direct effects of team personality level and team personality diversity on new venture growth. Second, the study examines the interaction effects of team personality level and diversity on venture growth. Design/methodology/approach – The sample consisted of 154 teams in a technology incubator in China. Data were collected through an online survey. Findings – Results indicate that high level but low diversity of team task-oriented personality was beneficial for new venture founding teams. Diversity of team task-oriented personality would hurt the new …
Informational Diversity And Entrepreneurial Team Performance: Moderating Effect Of Shared Leadership, Wencang Zhou, Donald Vredenburgh, Edward G. Rogoff
Informational Diversity And Entrepreneurial Team Performance: Moderating Effect Of Shared Leadership, Wencang Zhou, Donald Vredenburgh, Edward G. Rogoff
Department of Management Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
A research need exists regarding the relationship between entrepreneurial team informational diversity and team performance, including the conditions under which such diversity might benefit performance. This study explores the moderating effect of shared leadership on the relationship between informational diversity and entrepreneurial team performance. Four dimensions are used to measure informational diversity: functional specialty, educational specialty, educational level, and managerial skills. The results show that functional specialty diversity can improve entrepreneurial team performance. Managerial skill diversity can improve entrepreneurial team performance when leadership is shared among team members. These findings advance the understanding of entrepreneurial team performance and provide practical …