In their attempt to examine the links between leader behavior and team outcomes, previous researchers have rarely included team process and emergent state concepts simultaneously in their models, though both categories of mediating concepts are important. Therefore, one purpose of our study was to examine two categories of mediators that tie empowering leadership to team performance: knowledge sharing as a team process and team efficacy as an emergent state. Our contribution is to increase understanding of these phenomena, not only to help scholars better understand the complex relationship between empowering leadership and team performance, but also to aid managers in tailoring their efforts to enhance team performance