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The Impact of Entrepreneurial Leadership on Individual Creativity: Moderating Role of Innovation Climate and Mediating Role of Psychological Empowerment  

Kwon, Sang-Jib (College of Social Science, Department of Business Management, Hansung University)
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship / v.17, no.3, 2022 , pp. 77-87 More about this Journal
Abstract
Previous literatures have provided growing evidence regarding the impact of leadership in enhancing follower creativity. Despite these ample evidences, a noticeable omission in this body of study is entrepreneurial leadership. The present study extends leadership·creativity research by developing a mediation-moderation model and investigating the key roles that innovation climate and psychological empowerment may play in the mechanism between entrepreneurial leadership and followers' individual creativity. Using a data of 161 SME's members, the results show that: (a) followers' psychological empowerment positively mediates the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and individual creativity; (b) the impact of entrepreneurial leadership on followers' psychological empowerment through innovation climate is high (in other words, innovation climate positively moderates the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and followers' psychological empowerment). This study gain more comprehensive insight of individual creativity and leader's entrepreneurial leadership, to foster more creative venture organizations. The findings of this study make several important implications to present venture·leadership·creativity knowledge. Future studies should examine a broad range of mediating or moderating processes through which context for innovation effects positively on individual creativity. Therefore, additional study is needed to test if the results of this research can be generalized across industry·firm types.
Keywords
Entrepreneurial Leadership; Individual Creativity; Innovation Climate; Psychological Empowerment;
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