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Empowering leadership and team change capability: the mediating effect of team PsyCap

Elisabeth Supriharyanti (Department of Management, Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia)
Badri Munir Sukoco (Department of Management, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia) (Postgraduate School, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia)
Abdillah Ubaidi (Department of Management, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia)
Ely Susanto (Department of Public Policy and Management, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Sunu Widianto (Department of Management and Business, Faculty of Economics and Business, Padjadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia)
Reza Ashari Nasution (School of Business and Management, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia)
Anas Miftah Fauzi (Department of Postgraduate Studies, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, Indonesia)
Wann-Yih Wu (Department of Business Administration, Nanhwa University, Chiayi, Taiwan)

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

ISSN: 0143-7739

Article publication date: 3 June 2024

Issue publication date: 24 July 2024

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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

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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