Abstract:
Based on the extant literature, this study attempts to provide a conceptual model for how leadership style influences innovation performance using exploratory innovation and exploitative innovation as mediator. Using data gathered through a survey of 314 enterprises, we empirically test the impact of leadership styles on innovation performance. The results show that among transformational leadership, transactional leadership, exploratory innovation and exploitative innovation have a significant effect on innovation performance. The full mediating effect of exploratory innovation on the relationship between transformational leadership and innovation performance, exploitative innovation on the relationship between transactional leadership and innovation performance are proved.
CHEN Wen-pei.A Study on the Relationship between Leadership Styles and Innovation Performance: Innovation as Mediator[J] Economic Survey, 2014,V31(5): 93-97