Title: Leadership, team cohesion and family firms' performance

Authors: Charbel Salloum; Hajer Jarrar; Catherine Mercier-Suissa; Jacques Digout; Tarek Azzi

Addresses: ESDES Lyon Business School, 10 Place des Archives, France ' USEK Business School, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, P.O. Box 446, Jounieh, Lebanon ' IAE Lyon School of Management, 6 Cours Albert Thomas, 69008 Lyon, France ' TBS Business School, 20 Boulevard Lascrosses, 31068 Toulouse, France ' USEK Business School, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, P.O. Box 446, Jounieh, Lebanon

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to determine the moderating effects of team cohesion and knowledge sharing on the performance of teams that utilise empowering leadership using a multiple regression analysis on a sample from three departments within 114 family firms in Lebanon. The results suggest that there is a significant relationship between empowering leadership and team cohesion and that knowledge sharing and team cohesion have an indirect influence on team performance. Our study provides important insights regarding team cohesion and knowledge sharing in empowering leadership practices in the Middle East. More importantly, our paper underlines how critical team performance is by highlighting the fact that a willingness to share skills, expertise and know-how benefits all team members and groups of a department or managerial structure. Group cohesiveness is crucial for a leader and for a firm's management team and team performance.

Keywords: empowering leadership; team performance; team cohesion; knowledge sharing.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2022.124460

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2022 Vol.46 No.3, pp.333 - 352

Received: 26 Jul 2019
Accepted: 19 Aug 2019
Published online: 27 Jul 2022 *

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