The Influence of Differentiated Transformational Leadership on Employee Innovative Behavior

Abstract

Abstract:

There are few researches about the interaction between organizational-level transformational leadership and individual behavior. This paper selects two important variables from organizational level to explore the influence of differentiated transformational leadership on employee innovative behavior. A total of 51 companies from East China and North China are enrolled by one more pair. Results of cross-level analysis support the mediating and significant influence of organization-focused transformational leadership on employee innovative behavior through entrepreneurial orientation, and organizational innovative climate is a moderator for the relationship between differentiated individual-focused transformational leadership and employee innovative behavior. The results will further expand leadership theory, organizational strategy theory and organizational innovation. We highlight the theoretical and managerial implications of the relationship between the differentiated transformational leadership and employee innovative behavior in Chinese context.

Key words: differentiated transformational leadership, entrepreneurial orientation, organizational innovative climate, employee innovative behavior

Feng Cailing. The Influence of Differentiated Transformational Leadership on Employee Innovative Behavior[J]. , 2017, 29(5): 120-130.

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