Doctoral Dissertations
Abstract
"The purpose of this survey study was to test the Full Range of Leadership Theory (FRLT) by comparing the Multi-factor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) ratings of face-to-face (FtF) followers with the MLQ ratings of virtual followers. The information Richness Theory and the Hyper-personal Communication Theory were used to generate opposing hypotheses for the dependent variables in this study. A total of 88 respondent raters completed the MLQ for their respective leaders. Both parametric and non-parametric tests confirmed that when virtual and FtF followers rated the same group of project leaders, virtual followers rated these leaders higher in several categories than FtF followers rated these leaders. Virtual project team members rated these leaders higher than FtF project team members rated these leaders for 3 transformational variables, 1 transactional variable, and all of the MLQ outcome variables"--Abstract, page iii.
Advisor(s)
Luechtefeld, Ray
Committee Member(s)
Raper, Stephen A.
Allada, Venkat
Spurlock, David
Munger, Paul R.
Department(s)
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
Degree Name
Ph. D. in Engineering Management
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Publication Date
Spring 2005
Pagination
ix, 113 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-112).
Rights
© 2005 Thomas J. Holland III, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Dissertation - Restricted Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Virtual work teams
Leadership
Thesis Number
T 8856
Print OCLC #
71201904
Electronic OCLC #
905851599
Link to Catalog Record
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http://merlin.lib.umsystem.edu/record=b5640711~S5Recommended Citation
Holland, Thomas J. III, "Virtual project team leadership: a comparison of opposing theories" (2005). Doctoral Dissertations. 1629.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/doctoral_dissertations/1629
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