How Does Project Supervisor Maintain Sustainability of Project Members? A Study from Leadership Perspective

Han-Sheng Lei, Chuan-Fu Lai and Chih-Chang Chen
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Han-Sheng Lei: Department of Business Administration, National Yunlin University Science & Technology, 123 University Road, Section 3, Douliou, Yunlin 64002, Taiwan
Chuan-Fu Lai: Department of Business Administration, National Yunlin University Science & Technology, 123 University Road, Section 3, Douliou, Yunlin 64002, Taiwan
Chih-Chang Chen: Department of Business Administration, National Yunlin University Science & Technology, 123 University Road, Section 3, Douliou, Yunlin 64002, Taiwan

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 8, 1-14

Abstract: Project members’ innovative behavior is crucial to their sustainability and successful implementation of the project. This research develops a conceptual model to explore the effect of project supervisor leadership skills on member’s innovative behavior. The model is examined by a sample of 437 project members in Taiwan. The results show that project supervisors’ emotional healing positively influences members’ innovative behavior through affect-based trust in their supervisor and supervisor conceptual skill has an inverted-U impact on members’ innovative behavior through cognition-based trust in their supervisor. This paper further discusses implications of these conclusions for additional research on the association between leadership skills and innovative behavior.

Keywords: emotional healing; conceptual skill; affect-based trust; cognition-based trust; innovative behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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