The agency of transformational leadership in transmogrifying employee innovative behaviors: a moderated mediation model

This study elucidates the moderated-mediated role of transformational leadership (TL) in engendering innovative behaviors among employees (EIBs) while considering perceived self-efficacy (PSE) and perceived stress (PS) as the two mediators and perceived organizational support (POS) as the critical m...

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Main Authors: Sulafah H. Hariri, Muhammad Zafar Yaqub, Mohammed Awad Alshahrani
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
Series:Cogent Business & Management
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311975.2024.2432545
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description This study elucidates the moderated-mediated role of transformational leadership (TL) in engendering innovative behaviors among employees (EIBs) while considering perceived self-efficacy (PSE) and perceived stress (PS) as the two mediators and perceived organizational support (POS) as the critical moderating contingency. The underlying theories have been the social exchange theory and the expectancy-value-cost theory. After performing PLS-based structural equation modeling, using SmartPLS 4.0 and PROCESS, on a dataset comprising 419 observations, it was found that TL positively influences EIBs through the two mediators (i.e. PSE and PS). The study also corroborates the moderating role of POS in affecting TL-PSE linkages and the TL-PS association. It has also been found that PSE and PS partially mediate TL-EIB linkage. This partial mediation implies that TL affects employees’ creative behaviors by electrifying PSE and reducing PS. Finally, the moderated mediation effects model indicates that POS moderates the indirect impact of TL on EIBs via the two mediators. Besides furthering the scholarly discourse encompassing the productiveness of TL, the findings offer valuable insights for managers aspiring to foster innovative behaviors among their employees.
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spelling doaj-art-347b486aba8442e7b2225dc4d4004bd02025-08-20T02:48:42ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Business & Management2331-19752024-12-0111110.1080/23311975.2024.2432545The agency of transformational leadership in transmogrifying employee innovative behaviors: a moderated mediation modelSulafah H. Hariri0Muhammad Zafar Yaqub1Mohammed Awad Alshahrani2Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administration, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administration, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Business Administration, Faculty of Business, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi ArabiaThis study elucidates the moderated-mediated role of transformational leadership (TL) in engendering innovative behaviors among employees (EIBs) while considering perceived self-efficacy (PSE) and perceived stress (PS) as the two mediators and perceived organizational support (POS) as the critical moderating contingency. The underlying theories have been the social exchange theory and the expectancy-value-cost theory. After performing PLS-based structural equation modeling, using SmartPLS 4.0 and PROCESS, on a dataset comprising 419 observations, it was found that TL positively influences EIBs through the two mediators (i.e. PSE and PS). The study also corroborates the moderating role of POS in affecting TL-PSE linkages and the TL-PS association. It has also been found that PSE and PS partially mediate TL-EIB linkage. This partial mediation implies that TL affects employees’ creative behaviors by electrifying PSE and reducing PS. Finally, the moderated mediation effects model indicates that POS moderates the indirect impact of TL on EIBs via the two mediators. Besides furthering the scholarly discourse encompassing the productiveness of TL, the findings offer valuable insights for managers aspiring to foster innovative behaviors among their employees.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311975.2024.2432545Transformational leadershipemployee innovative behaviorsperceived self-efficacyperceived stressperceived organizational supportBusiness, Management and Accounting
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The agency of transformational leadership in transmogrifying employee innovative behaviors: a moderated mediation model
Cogent Business & Management
Transformational leadership
employee innovative behaviors
perceived self-efficacy
perceived stress
perceived organizational support
Business, Management and Accounting
title The agency of transformational leadership in transmogrifying employee innovative behaviors: a moderated mediation model
title_full The agency of transformational leadership in transmogrifying employee innovative behaviors: a moderated mediation model
title_fullStr The agency of transformational leadership in transmogrifying employee innovative behaviors: a moderated mediation model
title_full_unstemmed The agency of transformational leadership in transmogrifying employee innovative behaviors: a moderated mediation model
title_short The agency of transformational leadership in transmogrifying employee innovative behaviors: a moderated mediation model
title_sort agency of transformational leadership in transmogrifying employee innovative behaviors a moderated mediation model
topic Transformational leadership
employee innovative behaviors
perceived self-efficacy
perceived stress
perceived organizational support
Business, Management and Accounting
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311975.2024.2432545
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