An exploratory study of communication practices affecting church leadership team performance

• Camille G. Endacott ; Chong Ho Yu ^[1] ; Ryan T. Hartwig ^[1]
  1. [1] Azusa Pacific University

     Azusa Pacific University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Southern communication journal, ISSN 1041-794X, Vol. 82, nº 3, 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Organizational Communication and Religion), págs. 129-139
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This study extenThis study extends top management team (TMT) research by examining the “black box”of teams’communication processes through survey data col- lected from church senior leadership teams. Seven hundred sixty-four mem- bers of leadership teams of 145 churches completed two survey instruments, the Team Diagnostic Survey and an exploratory Team Communication Questionnaire. Bootstrap forest analysis indicated that senior leadership team performance was most affected by the time the team spent on making critical decisions, the team’s utilization of careful decision-making processes, members taking a churchwide perspective versus a position-based perspec- tive when making decisions, members’perception of stress caused by dys- functional communication among the team, and the degree to which the team sought God’s perspective on decisions.ds top management team (TMT) research by examining the “black box”of teams’communication processes through survey data col- lected from church senior leadership teams. Seven hundred sixty-four mem- bers of leadership teams of 145 churches completed two survey instruments, the Team Diagnostic Survey and an exploratory Team Communication Questionnaire. Bootstrap forest analysis indicated that senior leadership team performance was most affected by the time the team spent on making critical decisions, the team’s utilization of careful decision-making processes, members taking a churchwide perspective versus a position-based perspec- tive when making decisions, members’perception of stress caused by dys- functional communication among the team, and the degree to which the team sought God’s perspective on decisions.