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Transformational leadership, knowledge sharing and reflection, and work teams' performance: A structural equation
Veronika Anselmann1, Regina H Mulder2
1Institute of Nursing Science, University of Education Schwaebisch Gmuend, Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany.
Aim:
The aim was to determine whether there are relationships among transformational leadership, safe team climate, knowledge sharing and reflection, and team performance in nursing and social work teams.
Background:
Based on organisational learning theory, we hypothesized that transformational leadership could create a safe team climate that fosters knowledge sharing and reflection in teams and thus influences the performance of teams.
Methods:
We conducted a cross-sectional study using questionnaires and validated scales to measure transformational leadership, safe team climate, knowledge sharing and reflection, and performance. The sample consisted of 32 teams (N = 32 teams, n = 183 team members).
Results:
We conducted structural equation modelling. The results indicate that reflection positively relates with team performance, transformational leadership has a direct positive relationship with safe team climate, and safe team climate has positive relationships with knowledge sharing and reflection.
Conclusion:
Our findings regarding transformational leadership's positive influence on teams in nursing and social work fill an important gap in the literature. The study's limitations are the use of self-reports and a small sample size.
Implications For Nursing Management:
Our results indicate that transformational leadership can foster a safe climate in work teams and hereby team learning and performance.
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