ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R
主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

›› 2005, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (6): 780-787.

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The Functions, Determinants and Effectiveness of Team Leadership

Zhou Ying;Wang Erping   

  1. Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • Received:2005-04-05 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2005-11-15 Published:2005-11-15
  • Contact: Wang Erpeng

Abstract: Team leadership is distinct from traditional leadership in organization because of the team’s specific contextual characteristics and task requirements. However, the functions of the team leadership are general. This literature review, based on the Functional Leadership Perspective, first explained the functions of team leadership, such as team liaison-information collection and sense making, goal setting, and team coordination-coordinating team members’ actions to achieve team’s goal; the factors determining the importance of each function; and the mechanisms underlining leadership and team effectiveness. Finally the authors indicated some promising field that the research would be conducted

Key words: team, team leadership, functional leadership perspective, team effectiveness

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