TRIGGERING SUBORDINATE INNOVATION BEHAVIOR: THE INFLUENCE OF LEADERS’ DARK PERSONALITY TRAITS AND LEVEL 5 LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR

Andreas Strobl (), Jessica Niedermair (), Kurt Matzler () and Tobias Mussner
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Andreas Strobl: Department of Strategic Management, Marketing and Tourism, Innsbruck University School of Management, Universitätsstraße 15, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Jessica Niedermair: Institute of Organization and Human Resource Management, University of Bern, Engehaldenstrasse 4, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Kurt Matzler: Faculty of Economics and Management, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Universită, 1, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
Tobias Mussner: Department of Strategic Management, Marketing and Tourism, Innsbruck University School of Management, Universitätsstraße 15, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria

International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), 2019, vol. 23, issue 05, 1-37

Abstract: The present study investigates the influence of level 5 leadership, a leadership approach based on humility and professional will, on subordinate’s innovation behavior at work. The main aim is to shed further light on the understanding of how leadership can foster innovative behavior. Further we test if the dark triad of personality, consisting of narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy, affects the likelihood of being a level 5 leader. Applying partial least squares (PLS) structural equation modelling (SEM), we show that humility, but even more the interaction effect of both level 5 virtues, humility and professional will is central and in fact increases innovation behavior of subordinates. Although the influence of dark personality traits on level 5 leadership provides a mixed picture, we find evidence that narcissistic tendencies and humble behavior could coexist at the same time. This consideration contributes to the unclear relationship between narcissism and humility, two central characteristics in leadership research.

Keywords: Individual innovation behavior; level 5 leadership; dark triad; narcissism; Machiavellianism; psychopathy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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