Enhancing process innovations: the role of cognitions, and power-based leadership

Diana Eva Krause

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 2011, vol. 3, issue 3, 212-230

Abstract: This study focuses on innovation-related cognitions and behaviours of middle managers during process innovations in small and medium-sized organisations. It describes how different forms of power-based leadership (reward power and coercive power) employed by a supervisor vis-a-vis a middle manager affect the middle manager's innovation-related cognitions, and behaviours. The hypotheses were tested on a sample of middle managers from different German organisations belonging to various sectors. The central arguments were supported by analyses of variance, correlations, and regression analyses.

Keywords: process innovation; cognition; power based leadership; extrinsic incentives; reward power; coercive power; middle managers; SMEs; small and medium-sized enterprises; supervisors; Germany. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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