Empowering leadership and team change capability: the mediating effect of team PsyCap
Leadership & Organization Development Journal
ISSN: 0143-7739
Article publication date: 3 June 2024
Issue publication date: 24 July 2024
Abstract
Purpose
Based on Resource Conservation (COR) theory, this study explores the antecedent of team change capability, which consists of the dimensions of learning, process and context and examines how, under the empowering leadership (EL) of middle managers, team change capability (TCC) may be built through team psychological capital (TPSyCap).
Design/methodology/approach
The study was conducted with 853 respondents and 55 teams from 11 leading autonomous higher education institutions (AHEIs) in Indonesia.
Findings
The results show that EL is positively related to TPsyCap, which mediates the relationship between EL and TCC, particularly for TCC learning capability. However, TPsyCap does not mediate the effect of EL on TCC process capability and TCC- context capability.
Originality/value
This study enriches existing leadership literature, which is considered relevant in building organizational change capabilities, particularly on a team level. Furthermore, the findings reveal TPsyCap is an important intervention mechanism in catalyzing the relationship between EL and TCC.
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Acknowledgements
This work was supported by Research Grant 2022, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Airlangga- Indonesian Research Collaboration 2019, World Class University Program, Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education, Republic of Indonesia.
Citation
Supriharyanti, E., Sukoco, B.M., Ubaidi, A., Susanto, E., Widianto, S., Nasution, R.A., Fauzi, A.M. and Wu, W.-Y. (2024), "Empowering leadership and team change capability: the mediating effect of team PsyCap", Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Vol. 45 No. 6, pp. 1083-1101. https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-07-2022-0331
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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