Authentic and transformational leadership and innovative work behaviour : the moderating role of psychological empowerment

Grošelj, Matej (author), Černe, Matej (author), Penger, Sandra (author), Grah, Barbara (author)

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the moderating role of psychological empowerment on the relationships between authentic leadership and innovative work behaviour, as well as transformational leadership and innovative work behaviour. Design/methodology/approach – We have applied the mixed-method research on the selected case study. The quantitative field study was conducted on a sample of 126 employees in a multinational technological company. A series of paired sample t-tests were followed by a hierarchical regression analysis to test the hypotheses. The qualitative study consists of a content analysis of in-depth semi-structured interviews with four leaders. Findings – The research provides further confirmation of the positive relationship between leadership and innovative work behaviour. Specifically, the results showed that psychological empowerment moderates the relationship between leadership (authentic as well as transformational leadership) and innovative work behaviour. Originality/value – This paper contributed to leadership and innovation literature and provided insights in studying the boundary conditions on the relationship between authentic leadership, as well as transformational leadership, in stimulating innovative work behaviour through the moderating role of psychological empowerment. The added value is expanded by introducing the comparison of the two leadership theories.

• Language: English
• Keywords: organization, leadership, innovativeness, authentic leadership, transformational leadership, innovative work behaviour, psychological empowerment
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: EF - School of Economics and Business
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: Str. 677-706
• Numbering: Vol. 24, no. 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-117599
• UDC: 331.108
• ISSN on article: 1460-1060
• DOI: 10.1108/EJIM-10-2019-0294
• COBISS.SI-ID: 18421251
• Publication date in RUL: 17.07.2020

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: European journal of innovation management
• Publisher: Emerald
• ISSN: 1460-1060
• COBISS.SI-ID: 4004636

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: organizacija, vodenje, inovativnost