The Impact of Authentic Leadership on Employees’ Innovative Behavior: The Mediating Role of Work Engagement

Abstract

Abstract: To explore the internal mechanism of the impact of authentic leadership on employees’ innovative behavior, 302 employees and 64 supervisors of knowledge-based enterprises were recruited to complete the questionnaires. The results of the Hierarchical Linear Models (HLM) analysis indicated that: 1) authentic leadership had positive influence on employees’ work engagement and their innovative behavior; 2) employees’ work engagement positively influenced their innovative behavior; 3) employees’ work engagement acted as a partial mediator between authentic leadership and employees’ innovative behavior.

Key words: authentic leadership, work engagement, innovative behavior, knowledge-based employees

摘要： 采用问卷法对302名企业员工和64名企业管理者进行调查，探讨真实型领导影响员工创新行为的内在作用机制，检验员工工作投入的中介效应。跨层次分析结果显示：（1）真实型领导对员工的工作投入和创新行为均有显著的正向预测作用；（2）员工工作投入正向预测其创新行为；（3）员工工作投入在真实型领导对员工创新行为的影响中发挥部分中介效应。

关键词: 真实型领导, 工作投入, 创新行为, 知识型员工

CLC Number:

B849

LI Yongzhan. The Impact of Authentic Leadership on Employees’ Innovative Behavior: The Mediating Role of Work Engagement[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2019, 17(6): 854-860.

李永占. 真实型领导对员工创新行为的影响：工作投入的中介效应[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2019, 17(6): 854-860.

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