TY - JOUR
T1 - Team locus-of-control composition, leadership structure, information acquisition, and financial performance
T2 - A business simulation study
AU - Boone, Christophe
AU - Van Olffen, Woody
AU - Van Witteloostuijn, Arjen
PY - 2005/1/1
Y1 - 2005/1/1
N2 - We argue that team information acquisition mediates the effect of the relationship of team locus-of-control composition and leadership structure on team financial performance in a decision-making context. Hypotheses were tested on 44 teams participating in an elaborate and lengthy international management simulation. As predicted, teams with high average internal locus-of-control scores performed better without leaders and with low locus-of-control heterogeneity. The opposite was found for teams with high average external locus-of-control scores. Contrary to expectations, teams with high locus-of-control heterogeneity did not benefit more from having leaders than teams with low heterogeneity. Information acquisition mediated relationships between locus-of-control composition and performance.
AB - We argue that team information acquisition mediates the effect of the relationship of team locus-of-control composition and leadership structure on team financial performance in a decision-making context. Hypotheses were tested on 44 teams participating in an elaborate and lengthy international management simulation. As predicted, teams with high average internal locus-of-control scores performed better without leaders and with low locus-of-control heterogeneity. The opposite was found for teams with high average external locus-of-control scores. Contrary to expectations, teams with high locus-of-control heterogeneity did not benefit more from having leaders than teams with low heterogeneity. Information acquisition mediated relationships between locus-of-control composition and performance.
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U2 - 10.5465/AMJ.2005.18803929
DO - 10.5465/AMJ.2005.18803929
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:28744457825
SN - 0001-4273
VL - 48
SP - 889
EP - 909
JO - Academy of Management Journal
JF - Academy of Management Journal
IS - 5
ER -