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http://dx.doi.org/10.11627/jkise.2014.37.1.104

A Study on the Impact of Servant Leadership Affecting Creativity : The Mediating Effect of Empowerment  

Jang, Eun-Hye (Dept. of Business Administration, Kumoh national Institute of Technology)
Lee, Kwang-Hee (Dept. of Business Administration, Kumoh national Institute of Technology)
Jang, Eun-Young (Dept. of Business Administration, Kumoh national Institute of Technology)
Gwak, Hyeon-Geun (Dept. of Business Administration, Kumoh national Institute of Technology)
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Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering / v.37, no.1, 2014 , pp. 104-114 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to verify not only the impact of servant leadership affecting creativity but the mediating effect of empowerment. Creativity refers to the production of novel and useful ideas by an individual or by a group of individuals working together [2]. A survey was conducted by 301 employees. This study used the structure equation model which treated the servant leadership as independent variable and creativity as criterion variables. Empowerment was supposed as mediating variable of these relationships. As a result of this study, servant leadership had positive influence on empowerment. Empowerment had positive influence on creativity. Also servant leadership had positive effect on creativity at first, but it did not have a direct effect on creativity when empowerment was considered. These mean that empowerment is complete mediation variable because servant leadership no longer affects creativity after empowerment has been considered. Several implications, limitations and directions for future research were discussed.
Keywords
Servant Leadership; Creativity; Empowerment;
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