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The Effect of Transformational Leadership on Innovative Behavior in China's Software Industry: Focused on the mediating effect of Learning Agility and Organizational Commitment  

Chu, Yan (Department of Business Management, Woosong University)
Kim, Joon-Sung (Department of Corporate Management, Woosong University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.19, no.4, 2021 , pp. 103-118 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to verify the effect of transformational leadership on innovative behavior and the mediating effect of learning agility and organizational commitment. We selected 271 practitioners from China's software industry. The results show that transformational leadership has a positive correlation with innovative behavior, learning agility and organizational commitment play a partial mediating role between transformational leadership and innovative actions. Therefore, this study presents the necessity of transformational leadership development and learning and immersion programs in the innovation behavior of the Chinese software industry.
Keywords
transformational leadership; innovative behavior; learning agility; organizational commitment; China's software industry;
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