TITLE:
Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) in Virtual Teams: Insights on Team Dynamics and Organizational Commitment
AUTHORS:
Antara Mahbub
KEYWORDS:
Leader-Member Exchange, Team Dynamics, Commitment, Virtual Workplace, Technology
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Human Resource and Sustainability Studies,
Vol.13 No.2,
June
5,
2025
ABSTRACT: Leaders support followers’ competency growth. High leader-member exchange (LMX) quality ensures high trust, respect, and loyalty in leader-member relationships. Moreover, followers are assigned more interesting and challenging tasks with additional support and benefits. The need for effective leadership is recognized by the desire to collaborate in this technologically advanced global setting. Leader-member exchange (LMX) is essential for comprehending and improving team dynamics and organizational commitment in virtual workspaces. Beyond conventional encounters, LMX emphasizes the value of effective virtual communication. This study systematically reviews scholarly articles to investigate how LMX influences the dynamics of a virtual team as well as the organizational commitment of the team. Journal articles were synthesized systematically to examine the team dynamics and organizational commitment in the context of LMX within the virtual work context. LMX theory and virtual workplace have been defined, and scholarly articles have been analyzed to determine how LMX influences the employees’ group dynamics and organizational commitment in a virtual work setting. This study explored the fact that high LMX stimulates group dynamics and enhances organizational commitment. Strong LMX positively impacts the virtual work environment, where leaders must play the roles of team task management and development. Key themes, such as trust and communication channels, are suggested to provide insights into enhancing LMX in virtual teams and its impact on team dynamics and organizational commitment.