Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship (벤처창업연구)

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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Two Faces of Entrepreneurial Leadership: The Paradoxical Effect Reflecting Followers' Regulatory Focus

기업가적 리더십의 양면성: 구성원의 조절 초점 성향에 따른 패러독스 효과

  • Sang-Jib Kwon (College of Social Science, Department of Business Management, Hansung University)
  • 권상집 (한성대학교 사회과학부 기업경영트랙)
  • Received : 2023.07.12
  • Accepted : 2022.08.28
  • Published : 2023.08.31
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Abstract

In venture creation research, studying 'entrepreneurial leadership' is important for uncovering and comprehending the underlying causal process in innovative behavior performance. Although previous studies provide that entrepreneurial leadership enhances followers' innovative behavior, there is few research on entrepreneurial leadership and followers' characteristics interaction. The present study's focus is paradoxical effects of entrepreneurial leadership on self-efficacy and innovative behavior. On the basis of individual regulatory focus, this study suggests that interaction effects of entrepreneurial leadership and followers' regulatory focus differed in promotion view and prevention view followers' innovative behavior. To strengthen the casual mechanism, this study conducted in priming experiment method using employees in SMEs. This study used a 2(entrepreneurial leadership vs. control) x 2 (regulatory focus: promotion vs. prevention) between-participants design. The results of this study provide that (1) Individuals in promotion focus especially benefited from entrepreneurial leadership in terms of its effect on their self-efficacy and innovative behavior; (2) whereas entrepreneurial leadership was negatively related to self-efficacy and innovative behavior of followers' prevention focus. In sum, results of the present study supporting evidence for hypotheses, combined effect of entrepreneurial leadership and regulatory focus on innovative behavior through self-efficacy. Experimental results confirmed hypotheses of this study, revealing that promotion focus show more innovative behavior than prevention focus when their leaders' leadership style is entrepreneurial leadership. Also, the paradoxical effect of entrepreneurial leadership and regulatory focus of followers on innovative behavior was mediated by followers' self-efficacy. This study helps explain how leaders' entrepreneurial leadership boost followers' innovative behavior, particularly for those employees who have promotion focus. The current study contributes to the theory of entrepreneurial leadership and regulatory focus and innovation literature. Findings of this study shed light on the organizational processes that shape innovative behavior in venture/startup corporations and provide contributions for venture business field.

벤처창업 연구에서 기업가적 리더십은 구성원의 혁신행동 및 성과를 증진시킬 수 있는 핵심 고리로 그 중요성을 인정받고 있다. 선행연구에서 기업가적 리더십은 구성원의 혁신행동을 향상시키는 요인으로 고려되고 있지만 아직까지 구성원의 개별 성향과 복합적으로 고려했을 때 기업가적 리더십이 어떤 영향을 미치는지에 대해서는 연구가 부족한 편이다. 본 연구는 구성원의 조절 초점 성향을 토대로 기업가적 리더십이 구성원의 성향에 따라 자기효능감과 혁신행동에 각기 다른 영향을 미칠 것으로 가정, 연구를 진행하였다. 본 연구는 변수 간 인과관계 검정을 위해 중소벤처기업에 재직 중인 구성원을 대상으로 점화 기법 기반 실험연구를 진행하였다. 본 연구는 실험 참가자를 2(기업가적 리더십 점화 집단 vs. 통제 집단)×2(조절 초점: 성장 초점 집단 vs. 예방 초점 집단), 네 가지 집단에 각각 무작위로 배분하였다. 연구결과, 기업가적 리더십은 성장 초점의 구성원들이 지닌 자기효능감과 혁신행동에는 긍정적인 영향을 발휘하는 것으로 나타났다. 반면, 기업가적 리더십은 예방 초점 성향 구성원들의 자기효능감과 혁신행동에는 부정적인 영향을 미치고 있었다. 실험연구 결과, 기업가적 리더십과 조절 초점 성향의 상호작용이 자기효능감을 토대로 혁신행동에 양면적인 효과를 발휘한다는 점을 확인할 수 있었으며 성장 초점 성향의 사람들이 예방 초점 성향의 사람들보다 리더가 기업가적 리더십을 발휘할 때 훨씬 더 혁신행동을 발휘할 수 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한, 기업가적 리더십이 구성원에게 미치는 양면적 효과는 자기효능감에 의해 매개되고 있다는 점도 연구를 통해 입증하였다. 본 연구는 리더의 기업가적 리더십이 구성원의 혁신행동을 어떻게 높일 수 있는지에 대한 단초를 제공하였다. 또한, 본 연구는 기업가적 리더십과 조절 초점 성향, 혁신이론에 중요한 학문적 기여도를 제공하였으며 실무적 관점에서도 벤처기업 및 스타트업에서 구성원의 혁신행동을 촉진할 수 있는 조직운영 프로세스에 관한 의미 있는 기여도를 제공하였다.

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Acknowledgement

본 연구는 한성대학교 교내학술연구비 지원과제임

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