Leader affective presence, the tendency of leaders to consistently evoke feelings in team members, has gained prominence in the context of leadership and teamwork. However, prior research lacks a comprehensive theoretical framework, focuses on limited team processes, and relies mainly on cross sectional designs to study this construct. Building upon theories of the social functions of affect, this study examines the relationship between leaders' affective presence and team member behaviour, specifically focusing on team proactive problem prevention and examining whether this relationship is mediated by team psychological safety. Using a two-wave panel model with 504 professionals in 134 teams, our findings revealed that positive leader affective presence, characterized by instilling enthusiasm, joy and inspiration among team members, was positively associated with perceptions of team psychological safety. In turn, team psychological safety was positively related to leaders' assessments of proactive problem prevention. Interestingly, negative leader affective presence, which triggers worry, tension and stress, was not related to team psychological safety but was positively associated with team proactive problem prevention. These results highlight the importance of leader affective presence in shaping emergent team states and team member behaviour. Researchers and practitioners should thus consider these insights when assessing and intervening in leadership and teamwork processes in organizations.

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领导者情感存在、心理安全和团队主动问题预防

领导者的情感存在，即领导者持续唤起团队成员情感的倾向，在领导力和团队合作的背景下得到了突出的体现。然而，先前的研究缺乏全面的理论框架，关注有限的团队流程，并且主要依靠横截面设计来研究这种结构。本研究以情感的社会功能理论为基础，探讨了领导者的情感存在与团队成员行为之间的关系，特别关注团队主动问题预防，并研究这种关系是否由团队心理安全来调节。我们使用包含 134 个团队的 504 名专业人员的两波小组模型，结果显示，积极的领导者情感存在（其特点是向团队成员灌输热情、快乐和灵感）与团队心理安全感呈正相关。反过来，团队心理安全与领导者对主动问题预防的评估呈正相关。有趣的是，消极的领导者情感存在会引发担忧、紧张和压力，与团队心理安全无关，但与团队主动预防问题呈正相关。这些结果凸显了领导者情感存在在塑造新兴团队状态和团队成员行为方面的重要性。因此，研究人员和从业者在评估和干预组织中的领导力和团队合作流程时应考虑这些见解。