Impact of transformational leadership on employees’ innovative behavior: Roles of psychological empowerment and affective commitment

Science Research Management ›› 2018, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (7): 123-130.

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Impact of transformational leadership on employees’ innovative behavior: Roles of psychological empowerment and affective commitment

Li Yongzhan

Teacher Education College, Pingdingshan University, Pingdingshan 467000, Henan, China

Received:2015-06-01 Revised:2017-06-14 Online:2018-07-20 Published:2018-11-06

Abstract

Abstract: Using samples of high-tech enterprises, this paper studied the mechanism of impact of transformational leadership (TL) on employees’ innovative behavior (EIB) through dyad questionnaire survey, specifically explored the mediating role of psychological empowerment between TL and EIB and the moderating role of affective commitment in such relationship. The results showed that TL was positively related to EIB; TL was positively related to employees’ psychological empowerment; employees’ psychological empowerment was positively related to their affective commitment to the organization; employees’ affective commitment was a moderator between TL and EIB; and employees’ psychological empowerment including its dimensions acts as partial mediators between TL and EIB.

Key words: transformational leadership, psychological empowerment, affective commitment, employee innovative behavior

Li Yongzhan. Impact of transformational leadership on employees’ innovative behavior: Roles of psychological empowerment and affective commitment[J]. Science Research Management, 2018, 39(7): 123-130.

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