Catching Leaders’ Mood: Contagion Effects in Teams
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Leader Mood, Team Members’ Individual Mood, and Group Affective Tone
Hypothesis 1: Team members with leaders in a positive mood experience a more positive mood than team members with leaders in a negative mood.
Hypothesis 2: Teams with leaders in a positive mood will have a more positive group affective tone compared to teams with leaders in a negative mood.
3. Leaders’ Mood and Team Outcomes
Hypothesis 3: Teams with leaders in a positive mood will show higher performance compared to teams with leaders in a negative mood.
Hypothesis 4: Teams with leaders in a positive mood will have higher potency compared to teams with leaders in a negative mood.
Hypothesis 5: Teams with leaders in a positive mood will have a higher goal commitment compared to teams with leaders in a negative mood.
4. Group Affective Tone as Mediator in the Leaders’ Mood and Team Outcomes Relationship
Hypothesis 6a–c: Positive group affective tone will partially mediate the relationship between leaders’ mood and (a) team performance, (b) potency, and (c) goal commitment.
5. Method
5.1. Sample
5.2. Measures
5.3. Results
5.4. Sample
5.5. Procedure
5.6. Measures
5.7. Results
5.7.1. Overview
M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
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1 Age | 25.57 | 4.55 | - | ||||||||
2 Gender a | - | - | −0.08 | - | |||||||
3 Leader mood manipulation b | - | - | −0.13 | 0.24 | - | ||||||
4 Mood T1 (Baseline Mood) | 3.74 | 0.52 | 0.09 | −0.06 | −0.08 | (0.88) | |||||
5 Mood T2 (Pre-task Mood) | 3.68 | 0.58 | 0.16 | −0.01 | 0.06 | 0.86 ** | (0.90) | ||||
6 Mood T3 (Post-task Mood) | 3.80 | 0.59 | 0.08 | −0.12 | 0.46 * | 0.59 ** | 0.66 ** | (0.88) | |||
7 Potency | 3.25 | 0.47 | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.46 * | 0.31 | 0.56 ** | 0.58 ** | (0.82) | ||
8 Goal commitment | 3.29 | 0.43 | 0.44 * | 0.05 | 0.37 + | 0.16 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.52 * | (0.76) | |
9 Team performance T3 c | 61.86 | 16.68 | −0.09 | −0.15 | 0.51 * | −0.33 | −0.15 | 0.18 | 0.28 | 0.19 | - |
5.7.2. Manipulation Check
5.7.3. Test of Hypotheses
Positive Mood | Negative Mood | |||
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Variable | M | SD | M | SD |
Group Affective Tone | 4.07 | 0.58 | 3.55 | 0.49 |
Team Performance | 70.50 | 16.97 | 54.00 | 12.45 |
5.7.4. Mediation Analyses
Team Performance | Potency | Goal Commitment | |
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Independent Variable | |||
Leader’s Mood | 0.51 * | 0.46 * | 0.37 + |
R² | 0.22 * | 0.17 * | 0.10 + |
F | 6.55 * | 5.18 * | 3.10 + |
Group Affective Tone | 0.18 | 0.58 ** | 0.38 + |
R² | −0.02 | 0.30 ** | 0.10 + |
F | 0.66 | 9.45 ** | 3.12 + |
Potency | ||
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Independent Variable | ||
Step 1 | Step 2 | |
Leader’s Mood | 0.46 * | 0.25 |
Group Affective Tone | 0.46 * | |
Δ R² | 0.17 * | 0.38 * |
Δ F | 5.18 * | 5.57 * |
5.8. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
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