Uncertainty avoidance moderates the relationship between transformational leadership and innovation: A meta-analysis

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Watts, Logan L.; Steele, Logan M.; Den Hartog, Deanne N.
• 署名单位: City University of New York (CUNY) System; Baruch College (CUNY); City University of New York (CUNY) System; State University System of Florida; University of South Florida; University of Amsterdam
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/s41267-019-00242-8
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 138-145
• 关键词: TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP; INNOVATION; creativity; Uncertainty avoidance; Meta-analysis

摘要

Transformational leadership is commonly assumed to facilitate employee innovation in all cultures. Drawing upon field studies from 17 countries, this meta-analysis revealed that supervisor transformational leadership is positively related to individual- and team-level innovation regardless of national boundaries. However, the relationship trended somewhat more strongly in countries with higher levels of uncertainty avoidance. These findings suggest that employee innovation in most countries can be enhanced by investing in supervisor transformational leadership, but organizations operating in countries with higher levels of uncertainty avoidance may benefit more from this strategy.