TY - JOUR
T1 - Learning to lead
T2 - the development and testing of a model of leadership learning
AU - Hirst, Giles
AU - Mann, Leon
AU - Bain, Paul
AU - Pirola-Merlo, Andrew
AU - Richver, Andreas
PY - 2004/6
Y1 - 2004/6
N2 - Drawing upon an action learning perspective, we hypothesized that a leader's learning of project leadership skills would be related to facilitative leadership, team reflexivity, and team performance. Secondly, we proposed that new and experienced leaders would differ in the amount they learn from their current and recent experience as project managers, and in the strength of the relationship between their self-reported learning, facilitative leadership, and team reflexivity. We conducted a 1-year longitudinal study of 50 R&D teams, led by 25 new and 25 experienced leaders, with 313 team members and 22 project customers, collecting both quantitative and qualitative data. We found evidence of a significant impact of the leader's learning on subsequent facilitative leadership and team performance 8 and 12 months later, suggesting a lag between learning leadership skills and translating these skills into leadership behavior. The findings contribute to an understanding of how leaders consolidate their learned experience into facilitative leadership behavior.
AB - Drawing upon an action learning perspective, we hypothesized that a leader's learning of project leadership skills would be related to facilitative leadership, team reflexivity, and team performance. Secondly, we proposed that new and experienced leaders would differ in the amount they learn from their current and recent experience as project managers, and in the strength of the relationship between their self-reported learning, facilitative leadership, and team reflexivity. We conducted a 1-year longitudinal study of 50 R&D teams, led by 25 new and 25 experienced leaders, with 313 team members and 22 project customers, collecting both quantitative and qualitative data. We found evidence of a significant impact of the leader's learning on subsequent facilitative leadership and team performance 8 and 12 months later, suggesting a lag between learning leadership skills and translating these skills into leadership behavior. The findings contribute to an understanding of how leaders consolidate their learned experience into facilitative leadership behavior.
KW - facilitative leadership
KW - leadership experience
KW - leadership learning
KW - team performance
KW - team reflexivity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=2342499953&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1048984304000190?via%3Dihub
U2 - 10.1016/j.leaqua.2004.02.011
DO - 10.1016/j.leaqua.2004.02.011
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:2342499953
SN - 1048-9843
VL - 15
SP - 311
EP - 327
JO - Leadership Quarterly
JF - Leadership Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -