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1、JournalofManagementStudies48:7November2011doi:10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00974.xLinkingTransformationalLeadershipandTeamPerformance:AConflictManagementApproachjoms_9741586..1611Xin-anZhang,QingCaoandDeanTjosvoldShanghaiJiaoTongUniversity;UniversityofConnecticut;Lingn
2、anUniversityabstractThisstudydevelopsamodelinwhichtransformationalleadershipaffectsteamcoordinationandperformancethroughtheconflictmanagementapproachesadoptedbyteammembers.Datawerecollectedfromthreedifferentsourcesinalaggeddesignfrom108teamsinalargeenterpriseinChin
3、a.Resultssupportthereasoningthattransformationalleadershippromotesteamcoordinationandtherebyteamperformancebyencouragingteamstoadoptacooperative,asopposedtocompetitive,approachtoconflictmanagement.Theseresultssuggestthattransformationalleadershipmayhelpteammembersm
4、anageconflictsfortheirmutualbenefit.Thisisanimportantmechanismthroughwhichtransformationalleadershipenhancesteamcoordinationand,inturn,achieveshigherteamperformance.INTRODUCTIONPastandrecentmeta-analysessupportthetheorizingthattransformationalleaders,byinspiringindi
5、vidualfollowerstotranscendself-interestandfocusoncollectivegoals,promotetheircommitment,effort,andperformance(DeGrootetal.,2000;JudgeandPiccolo,2004;LoweandGalen,1996).Researchershavebeguntoexploremechanisms,suchasproceduraljustice,trust,andleader–memberexchange,t
6、hroughwhichtrans-formationalleadershipenhancesindividualperformance(Pillaietal.,1999;Wangetal.,2005).Bassetal.(2003)havealsoexaminedpotencyandcohesionasmeansthroughwhichtransformationalleadersimprovetheperformanceofmilitaryplatoons.Asteamworkinvolvesperformingtask
7、sthroughjointworkandinteractionbetweenindividualmembers(Sundstrometal.,1990),transformationalleadershiphasbeenfoundtohaveespeciallypowerfuleffectsonteamperformance(DeGrootetal.,2000;Dionneetal.,2004).Yet,todate,littleresearchhasdisentangledhowtransformationalleade
8、rsenhanceteamworkandhowsuchleadersaffectinteractionamongteammembers.Importantly,teamperformanceisnotsimplytheaggregationoftheperfor-mancesofindividualte