TY - JOUR
T1 - Uncertainty avoidance moderates the relationship between transformational leadership and innovation
T2 - A meta-analysis
AU - Watts, Logan L.
AU - Steele, Logan M.
AU - Den Hartog, Deanne N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Academy of International Business.
PY - 2020/2/1
Y1 - 2020/2/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - creativity
KW - innovation
KW - meta-analysis
KW - transformational leadership
KW - uncertainty avoidance
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85066044831&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1057/s41267-019-00242-8
DO - 10.1057/s41267-019-00242-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85066044831
SN - 0047-2506
VL - 51
SP - 138
EP - 145
JO - Journal of International Business Studies
JF - Journal of International Business Studies
IS - 1
ER -