A key function of team leadership is building and sustaining shared mental models. Topological approaches to leadership identify structural patterns, such as decentralized and shared leadership that empower members to collectively lead themselves toward important goals, but an open question is the particular form of leadership that best promotes team mental models. We explored 8 leadership archetypes using a computational model fit on data from a unique sample of NASA analog space crews. Data from 4, 4-member crews living and working together for 45-days were used to parameterize the model which then accurately predicted mental models for the next set of 4-member crews. The validated model was used to conduct virtual experiments exploring the effects of leadership structures on mental models. We found shared leadership has the largest effect on shared mental models, followed by hierarchical and coordinated leadership. These findings extend shared leadership theory leveraging computational methods to examine leadership archetypes and suggest propositions about how they shape team functioning over time.

团队领导的一个关键功能是建立和维持共享的心智模型。领导的拓扑方法确定了结构模式，例如分散和共享的领导，使成员能够集体领导自己实现重要目标，但一个悬而未决的问题是最能促进团队心理模型的特定领导形式。我们使用一个计算模型来探索 8 个领导原型，该模型适用于来自 NASA 模拟太空工作人员的独特样本的数据。来自 4 名 4 名船员一起生活和工作 45 天的数据用于参数化模型，然后准确预测下一组 4 名船员的心智模型。验证模型用于进行虚拟实验，探索领导结构对心智模型的影响。我们发现共享领导对共享心智模型的影响最大，其次是等级和协调领导。这些发现扩展了共享领导理论，利用计算方法来检查领导原型，并就它们如何随着时间的推移塑造团队运作提出建议。