Exploring the Influence of Time Disposition on the Coordination among Leaders and Followers

• Main Authors: Kuan-I Liu, 劉冠毅
• Other Authors: 汪美伶
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/rkrs24

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 企業管理學系碩士班 === 106 === To a business or individual, time is a limited and precious resource. Besides, everyone has different disposition towards time. Since the follower has an original type of leader set in his or her mind unconsciously, if this original type of time is inconsistent with the actual behavior of the leader, the leadership and coordination may be lowered. As a results, this study uses temporal implicit leadership theory to discuss whether the inconsistency of time disposition between the high-level managers of small-and-medium businesses and their leaders will have influence on temporal leadership or the coordination among the leaders and followers. Similarly, if the fit of the time disposition between followers and leader is low, it may cause suspicion between both parties. Thus, the study also investigates whether the fit of time disposition between high-level managers and their followers will affect temporal leadership or the coordination between the leaders and the followers. In addition, if a leader has temporal leading behavior for the followers, he or she will unify the steps of the followers and increase the coordination between them. As a result, this study also examines whether temporal leadership will have an effect on the coordination between the leader and follower. Finally, we further investigate whether temporal leadership plays a role of intermediation in the relationships between time disposition inconsistency, fit and coordination. This study conducts a survey on 225 high-level managers of 210 small-and-medium businesses and uses the structural equation model for analysis. The results show that the fit of time urgency between high-level managers and their followers will have positive effects on temporal leadership. The fit of time urgency will also have positive effects on coordination. In addition, the fit of polychronicity between high-level managers and their followers will have positive effects on temporal leadership. Temporal leadership will also have positive effects on the coordination between the leader and follower, but the effects of time disposition inconsistency on temporal leadership or coordination were not significant. Last, the study also suggests related theories and the implications for the management in practice.