The impact of relational leadership on employee innovative work behavior in IT industry of China

Does Participative Leadership Promote Innovative Work Behavior: The Moderated Mediation Model

“…Globalization, technological advancements, and tough market conditions are few of the many factors that have motivated the business organizations to focus more on innovation (Akram, Lei & Haider, 2016). This is particularly true for service sector organizations as they have to face a huge amount of competition due to rapid technological changes (Archibugi, Filippetti & Frenz, 2013;Barrett, Davidson, Prabhu & Vargo, 2015).…”

“…In their study, Lam, Huag and Chan (2015) also recommended future researchers to explore different moderating and mediating mechanism through which participative leadership leads to different outcomes. Despite a lot of research, there is still a lack of consensus as to which factors lead to innovative work behavior (Akram et al, 2016). A large number of studies have examined the antecedents of employee commitment to change.…”

“…There is a lot of literature present on organizational innovation. However, only a limited number of studies have identified the organizational factors that can lead to an increase in organizational innovation (Hogan & Coote, 2014;Akram et al, 2016). One such factor is leadership style as it plays a vital role in making or breaking any organization.…”

“…The major rationale behind studying participative leadership with employee commitment to change and innovative work behavior is to investigate the role positive leadership style plays in developing change and innovative work behavior among employees. Leadership literature is in its adulthood; however, there is a very little consensus as to what leadership is and how it works (Akram, et al, 2016). Participative leadership is still in its infancy, there is a need to study the mechanism through which participative leadership result in different employee outcomes (Miao et al, 2013).…”

The Effect of Leader-Member Exchange on Innovative Work Behavior in the Saudi Hospitality

“…Luecke and Katz (2003, p. 2) defined innovation as "the successful introduction of a better thing or method." According to Akram et al (2016), technological advance, global competition, and changes to basic regulations have made it very difficult for organizations to compete successfully in the contemporary business world; therefore, organizational survival in a market-oriented economy is dependent on continuous innovation. Agarwal (2014, p. 580) claimed that organizations in general are increasingly examining the factors that increase their employees' innovative work behavior (IWB).…”