 Effects of Transformational Leadership and Self-leadership on Innovative Behaviors: Mediating Roles of Empowerment*Choon-Sik Lee, Woowon Lee and Joongwha Kim International Area Studies Review, 2007, vol. 10, issue 2, 163-176 Abstract: Leadership has long been recognized as a major factor determining the success of an organization. A major challenge facing an organization is how to adapt successfully to the rapidly changing environment. This study focused on the effect of leadership on innovative behaviors, hypothesizing that transformational leadership and self-leadership of human resource within an organization affect innovative behaviors directly and indirectly through psychological empowerment. Using a sample of 217 organizational members employed by the various types of firms in Korea, this study identified the positive influence of self-leadership on innovative behaviors, and also found the evidence that empowerment mediated the relations between transformational leadership and innovative behavior relations. However, the mediating effect of empowerment between self-leadership and innovative behaviors was not found. Implications for research and practice of our findings are discussed. Keywords: Transformational leadership; Self-Leadership; Mediating of role empowerment; Innovative Behaviors (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:intare:v:10:y:2007:i:2:p:163-176 DOI: 10.1177/223386590701000210 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Area Studies Review from Center for International Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies |
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