TY - JOUR
T1 - Leadership values and learning in China : the mediating role of psychological safety
AU - WONG, Shiu Ho, Alfred
AU - TJOSVOLD, Dean
AU - LU, Jiafang
PY - 2010/4/1
Y1 - 2010/4/1
N2 - Organizations are relying increasingly on teams to promote critical objectives, including learning and development. The values of leaders have traditionally been thought to have powerful effects on individual performance but few studies have examined their impact on teamwork among employees. This study proposes that leader values of participation, people, and productivity can promote team learning and that psychological safety within teams is an important mediator between leader values and team learning. Leaders and members of 101 groups in Shanghai, China, participated in the study. Structural equation analysis indicated that psychological safety mediated the relationships between leader values and learning. These results were interpreted as suggesting that leader values can help members develop psychological safety that in turn induces learning.
AB - Organizations are relying increasingly on teams to promote critical objectives, including learning and development. The values of leaders have traditionally been thought to have powerful effects on individual performance but few studies have examined their impact on teamwork among employees. This study proposes that leader values of participation, people, and productivity can promote team learning and that psychological safety within teams is an important mediator between leader values and team learning. Leaders and members of 101 groups in Shanghai, China, participated in the study. Structural equation analysis indicated that psychological safety mediated the relationships between leader values and learning. These results were interpreted as suggesting that leader values can help members develop psychological safety that in turn induces learning.
KW - leader values
KW - learning
KW - psychological safety
UR - http://commons.ln.edu.hk/sw_master/562
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77949381017&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1038411109355374
DO - 10.1177/1038411109355374
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
SN - 1038-4111
VL - 48
SP - 86
EP - 107
JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources
JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources
IS - 1
ER -