Team innovation performance：An examination from the justice and leadership perspectives

Abstract

Abstract: The study explores the effects of procedure justice, transactional leadership and group efficacy on the team innovation performance from the justice and leadership perspectives based on the matched questionnaire survey results from 85 teams in 15 organizations. The results of Hierarchical Regression Modeling show that the team procedure justice promotes the group efficacy and the team innovation performance; the transactional leadership weakens the relationship between procedure justice and team innovation performance; when the team leader's transactional leadership dominates, the procedure justice has a negative effect on the team innovation performance; and the interaction effect of procedure justice and transactional leadership on team innovation performance is indirectly effected by the group efficacy as an intermediary agent.

Key words: procedure justice, transactional leadership, group efficacy, team innovation performance

CLC Number:

F270.7

Liu Xiaoyu, Liu Jun. Team innovation performance：An examination from the justice and leadership perspectives[J]. Science Research Management, 2013, 34(12): 100-109.

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