Relationship of transformational leadership with employee creativity and organizational innovation: A study of mediating and moderating influences
Journal of Strategy and Management
ISSN: 1755-425X
Article publication date: 18 February 2019
Issue publication date: 18 February 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine how creative self-efficacy and physical work environment mediate and moderate the relationship of transformational leadership with employee creativity and organizational innovation.
Design/methodology/approach
The data were collected from 254 managers working in two major automotive manufacturing units in India. The survey response rate was 81.9 percent. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling.
Findings
The study findings suggest that transformational leadership augments employee creativity. The authors show that employee creative self-efficacy acts as a mediator and physical work environment as a moderator in the relationship between transformational leadership and employee creativity.
Originality/value
The study contributes by examining mediating and moderating influences in the relationship between transformational leadership and employee creativity. The data were collected from an important industry in a large, emerging economy that has received much less research attention relative to its size and significance.
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Citation
Chaubey, A., Sahoo, C.K. and Khatri, N. (2019), "Relationship of transformational leadership with employee creativity and organizational innovation: A study of mediating and moderating influences", Journal of Strategy and Management, Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 61-82. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSMA-07-2018-0075
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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