Distributed leadership, leader-member exchange and innovative work behavior: the mediating role of basic psychological needs satisfaction
Arnoud T. Evers,
Gerhard Messmann,
Karel Kreijns
Abstract:Distributed leadership (DL) and leader-member exchange (LMX) are highly relevant for fostering teachers’ innovative work behavior (IWB). Based on self-determination theory, we hypothesized that the satisfaction of the basic psychological needs (BPNS) for autonomy, competence, and relatedness plays a major role in mediating these relationships. To investigate this assumption, we executed a quantitative survey study among secondary education teachers involving a time-lag design with two points of measurement (N(… Show more
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