What Do They Do? Construction of a Team Leader Intervention Model
2021 (English) In: Frontiers in Psychology, E-ISSN 1664-1078, Vol. 12, article id 552521Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
This research report aimed to present a team leader intervention model regarding when unexpected events arise in meetings. Onward, the model will form a starting point for the creation and validation of a team leader interventions inventory. Sixteen managers provided the empirical material for the construction of the model. The subjects proposed as many interventions as possible based on 10 different group meeting scenarios. In total, 327 interventions were proposed, which constituted the basis for a conceptual framework comprising six categories—Control, Inform, Initiate, Investigate, Support, and Avoid. Three of the categories correspond to classical leadership behaviours: the Control category to Authoritative Leadership and Task Behaviour and structure; the Support category to Democratic Leadership and Relationship Behaviour and consideration; and the Avoid category to Laissez-Faire Leadership, letting events pass without taking leadership. In addition, the conceptual framework includes three new categories in addition to the classical leadership theory. The Inform category is related to the controlling function. When the leader clarifies goals and how to achieve the goals, it is indirectly a controlling function. The Initiate category is related to launching procedural or distracting activities. Finally, the Investigate category is an almost necessary step ahead of the other categories. Before controlling, informing, initiating, supporting, or avoiding, the leader ought to investigate the causes of the disorder and then decide which intervention is most appropriate.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages Frontiers Media S.A., 2021. Vol. 12, article id 552521
Keywords [en]
group interventions, behaviour inventory, inductive approach, team leadership, disturbing situations, assessment
National Category
Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology)
Research subject Engineering Psychology
Identifiers URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-87651 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.552521 ISI: 000708204900001 PubMedID: 34658982 Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85117111235 OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-87651 DiVA, id: diva2:1606010
Note Validerad;2021;Nivå 2;2021-10-27 (alebob)
2021-10-262021-10-262023-09-01 Bibliographically approved