Leader mindfulness and employee innovative work behaviour: a mediated moderation model

Chitra Khari and Aneet Bali

European Journal of Innovation Management, 2022, vol. 27, issue 3, 962-980

Abstract: Purpose - The study aims to investigate the influence of leader mindfulness on employee innovative work behaviour mediated by work engagement and moderated by employee learning orientation. Design/methodology/approach - That data set of 337 was collected from full-time working professionals from IT industry in India through survey design. The proposed mediated moderation model was tested through Process Macro. Findings - The findings highlighted the positive role of leader mindfulness in enhancing employee innovative work behaviour. Furthermore, the authors found that this relationship was partly mediated by work engagement and moderated by employee learning orientation. Results suggested that the relationship between work engagement and innovative work behaviour was stronger for employees who score high on learning orientation. Originality/value - The main contribution of the study lies in delineating the interpersonal lens of mindfulness at workplace, particularly the leader–employee interface. It offers a more nuanced delineation of the process through which leader mindfulness encourages employee innovative work behaviour.

Keywords: Leader mindfulness; Mindful leadership; Innovative work behaviour (IWB); Work engagement (WE); Employee learning orientation (ELO) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1108/EJIM-02-2022-0064

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