Do Transformational Leaders Engage Employees in Sustainable Innovative Work Behaviour? Perspective from a Developing Country
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Inadequate and inconclusive studies of the role of transformational leadership (TL) on employee creative process engagement (CPE) and sustainable innovative work behaviour (IWB) have motivated the authors to further advance knowledge in this aspect of the workplace. In doing so, the present study seeks to extend the understanding of innovative work behaviour by the involvement of TL and its subordinates through engaging employees in the creative process. The authors adopted the deductive reasoning approach to measure the observed relationships using structural equation modelling (SEM) through SmartPLS 2, a second-generation integrated regression model for statistical measurement. The results from self-report and others’ reported questionnaires reveal that transformational leaders can engage their subordinates in the creative process and sustainable innovative outcomes by influencing employee intrinsic motivation and proactive behaviour. However, the mediating effect of CPE on TL and IWB is not supported. Lastly, the authors discuss the findings and contributions of these empirical findings in theory and practice. In addition to the potential implications of the examined results, this study also recommends directions for further research in the light of its limitations.
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- Authors
- Yi, L., Uddin, M., Das, A., Mahmood, M., & Sohel, S.
- Affiliations
- Shanghai University (CN)
- University of Chittagong (BD)
- KIMEP University (KZ)
- Corresponding author
- Das, Anupam
- Venue
- Sustainability
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2019-04-28
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 2485
- ISSN
- 2071-1050 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2942020254
- Cited by
- 82
- References
- 94
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 8
- FWCI
- 15.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- dx.doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Sustainability (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (18YJA630059)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Employee Performance and Leadership
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Team Dynamics and Performance
- Keywords
- transformational leadership, creative process engagement, employee engagement, intrinsic motivation, proactive behavior, mediating effect, developing countries
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