Effects of managerial coaching on employees' creative performance: cross-level moderating role of a climate for innovation

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of managerial coaching (MC) on employee creative performance (CP) based on the knowledge transfer theory and the roles of creative process engagement (CPE) and climate for innovation (IC) in the relationship between MC and CP.

Design/methodology/approach

A moderated mediation model was developed and tested on a dyadic sample of 74 leaders and 292 employees working in South China firms.

Findings

The results show that CPE mediates the relationship between MC and CP and IC amplifies the indirect relationship between MC and CP via CPE.

Originality/value

This research contributes to the MC and innovation literature by clarifying the linking role of engagement in transferring MC into employees' CP from a knowledge transfer perspective and identifies the critical role of IC in effectuating the impact of MC on CP.

Citation

Zheng, L., Wang, Y., Guo, Z. and Zhu, Y. (2022), "Effects of managerial coaching on employees' creative performance: cross-level moderating role of a climate for innovation", Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Vol. 43 No. 2, pp. 211-224. https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-03-2021-0132