Question: Team Leadership/Management Style
Part 1: According to the Sarin and O'Connor (2009) article, certain style and goal structures of team leaders have a strong influence on internal team dynamics. Based on your research within the article and textbook, as well as your own experience, what team leader management style would be most effective in leading a team in which you were a member?
Part 2: DeRue, Barnes, and Morgeson (2010) found that team leadership style effectiveness depended on the level of charisma exhibited by the leader. Drawing from the article and the textbook, have you ever worked for a charismatic leader? What style (coaching or directing) did that leader administer? Was he or she effective in leading you as part of the team?
Article: 1. Understanding the Motivational Contingencies of Team Leadership (By D. Scott DeRue, Christopher M. Barnes, and Frederick P. Morgeson)
2. First among Equals: The Effect of Team Leader Characteristics on the Internal Dynamics of Cross-Functional Product Development Teams (By Shikhar Sarin and Gina Colarelli O'Connor)