SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP, TEAM COMMUNICATION, AND COHESION: IMPACT ON TEAM PERFORMANCE IN CHINESE BANKS
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https://doi.org/10.14456/aamr.2025.45Keywords:
Spiritual Leadership, Team Communication, Team Cohesion, Team Performance, Chinese BanksAbstract
This study examines the interrelationships among spiritual leadership, team communication quality, team cohesion, and team performance within Chinese commercial banks. Addressing a research gap, it investigates how spiritual leadership and communication, acting through team cohesion, jointly influence team outcomes in a culturally distinct setting. Using a snowball sampling method, data were collected from 440 employees. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) revealed that spiritual leadership has a significant positive impact on team cohesion (β = 0.532, p < 0.001) and performance (β = 0.410, p < 0.001). Team communication quality has a positive influence on both team performance (β = 0.394, p < 0.001) and cohesion. The findings highlight team cohesion as a key mediating factor, facilitating coordination and collective efficacy. This research contributes to cross-cultural leadership studies, underscoring the importance of cohesive and communicative team dynamics in boosting organizational performance. The Chinese organizational context is validating the relationship between communication quality and cohesion. These results have implications for fostering relational mechanisms for enhanced team outcomes.
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