Do Team Trust and Leader Support Matter at Work and Beyond?

<p>Team effectiveness is examined using the Arc of Purposeful Leadership model to investigate mediational effects of employees&rsquo; departmental impact, organizational commitment, and leader support on work-family synergy and emotional exhaustion. Structural equation modelling and Hayes&rsquo; PROCESS macro were used to analyze the responses of 319 participants. Findings support the Input-Process-Output (IPO) model of team effectiveness. Relationships between team purpose/support and outcome variables (work-family synergy and emotional exhaustion) were mediated by employees&rsquo; departmental impact, organizational commitment, and leader support. Findings reveal the complexities of team processes in relation to outcomes, including work-family synergy and emotional exhaustion, that extend beyond the workplace.</p> <p>Data were collected at University of Redlands in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>