Factors That Influence Relationships In Self-Managed Work Teams

Abstract

Leaders and members have different roles in self-managed work teams. This paper examines the extent to which specific characteristics in the other relates to leaders and members perception of relationship quality. The results indicate that members’ values of fairness and honesty, their negative affective disposition, and their self-management ability were related to leaders’ perceptions of the quality of the relationship. From the member’s perspective the only significant predictor of the quality of the relationship was the leader’s task ability. The characteristics of members and leaders that relate to the respective leader and member ratings of relationship quality appear to relate to their role enactment.