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Katrin Riisla
Occupational & Organizational Psychology and Professional Learning, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

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Journal article
Published: 19 July 2021 in Sustainability
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Team cohesiveness plays a crucial role in effective teamwork, innovation, and improved performance, and as such, its development among team members is an essential part of team management. However, it may be disregarded by leaders with a high bottom-line mentality (BLM; a single-minded focus on the bottom line at the expense of other values or priorities). These leaders may show little interest in other priorities, such as ethical, social, or environmental considerations, and may be tempted to push their followers to go above and beyond what is expected, even if it means bending the rules, cutting corners, or engaging in other ethically problematic behaviors. We argue that although a team leader’s BLM may motivate followers to come together around the pursuit of a common goal, it may come at the expense of nurturing healthy interpersonal relationships, trust, and other important social resources within the team. Specifically, we argue that the way leaders with a high BLM approach their goals may affect team cohesiveness, and that it is particularly negative for female leaders. Using a large multi-national study, we found that this happens through increased directive and lowered participative leader behaviors.

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Katrin Riisla; Hein Wendt; Mayowa Babalola; Martin Euwema. Building Cohesive Teams—The Role of Leaders’ Bottom-Line Mentality and Behavior. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8047 .

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Katrin Riisla, Hein Wendt, Mayowa Babalola, Martin Euwema. Building Cohesive Teams—The Role of Leaders’ Bottom-Line Mentality and Behavior. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (14):8047.

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Katrin Riisla; Hein Wendt; Mayowa Babalola; Martin Euwema. 2021. "Building Cohesive Teams—The Role of Leaders’ Bottom-Line Mentality and Behavior." Sustainability 13, no. 14: 8047.