Transformational Leadership And Teamwork Attitude: Trust And Collective Efficacy As Mediators

Abstract

Teamwork is essential in any organizations, and leadership plays an important role in influencing teamwork attitude. Transformational leadership as a positive leadership in influencing employees has been highly researched. However, its influence in teams has not been explored much in the current literature. In order to investigate the underlying processes of how transformational leadership may affect teamwork attitude, the present study aims to investigate how transformational leadership promotes teamwork attitude through trust in leaders, trust in team members, and collective efficacy. Two hundred and five full-time employees (Female = 64%, N= 131; Mean age = 29) from private sectors in Malaysia participated in the study. Through linear regression, the results indicated that transformational leadership leads to higher trust in leaders, trust in team members, higher teamwork attitude, and higher collective efficacy. Trust in leader and trust in team members mediate transformational leadership and collective efficacy, and collective efficacy mediates trust in leader, trust in team members, and teamwork attitude. Overall, these findings imply the importance of transformational leaders in promoting positive teamwork attitude among employees by focusing on trust in leader, trust in team members, and collective efficacy. Future studies may investigate how different leadership styles may be able to promote a teamwork attitude and their mediational pathways.