Empirical study on the influence of transformational leadership on enterprise’s technological innovation performance



Yang Jianjun, Liu Ren, Ma Ting

Science Research Management ›› 2009, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (2) : 94-101.

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Empirical study on the influence of transformational leadership on enterprise’s technological innovation performance

  • Yang Jianjun, Liu Ren, Ma Ting
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The transformational leadership, interpersonal trust, and organization commitment for more than 200 managers and employees from different corporate are investigated through questionnaire. The relationships among transformational leadership, interpersonal trust, innovation culture, organizational commitment, and technological innovation performance are analyzed using correlation analysis and structural equation modeling. The analysis results indicate: (1) transformational leadership has a positive influence on the enterprise technological innovation performance; (2)innovation culture is an intermediate variable between transformational leadership and technological innovation performance; (3)interpersonal trust and organization commitment are intermediate variables between transformational leadership and technological innovation performance; (4) there is positive correlation between innovation culture and interpersonal trust, or organization commitment. At last, it is pointed out that the positive relationship between transformational leadership and technological innovation performance will have a significant meaning to the management practice in China.

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transformational leadership / technological innovation performance / innovation culture / interpersonal trust / organizational commitment

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Empirical study on the influence of transformational leadership on enterprise’s technological innovation performance[J]. Science Research Management. 2009, 30(2): 94-101
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