The Effect Components of Action-Centered Team Leadership on Team Synergy Development with Mediator Role of Individual learning and Team Skills

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1 Associate Professor, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Bu-Ali Sina, Hamadan, Iran

2 PhD. Student, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Bu-Ali Sina, Hamadan, Iran

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The purpose of this study is investigation the impact of components of action-centered team leadership on team synergy development has been with mediator role of individual learning and team skills. The research method is descriptive-correlation and was based on Path analysis. Statistical population included all staff of general administration of tax affairs of Hamadan province comprised of 518 people, and the sample size of 221 subjects was determined based on the Cochran formula. Toward data collected used from the four questionnaires with items: action-centered team leadership, individual learning, team skills, and team synergy. For appointment of the questionnaires validity used of the Confirmatory Factor Analysis, and to assess the reliability used by Cronbach's Alpha coefficient, was estimated 0.87, 0.91, 0.90 and 0.89 respectively. The data after collecting analyzed by SPSS and Amos Graphics. Results showed that: Direct effect of components of action-centered team leadership include task management, team efficacy, and individual autonomy support on individual learning, team skills, and team synergy is positive and significant. Indirect effect of these factors on team synergy with intermediary of individual learning is positive and significant. Furthermore, indirect effect of every three components on team synergy with intermediary of team skills is positive and significant.

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Organizational Culture Management
Volume 13, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
February 2016
Pages 1019-1040

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