| dc.description.abstract | Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is twofold: Firstly, to examine the individual relationships between transformational leadership (TL), Basic psychological need satisfaction (BPNS), and employee innovative work behavior (IWB), and to further explore whether BPNS acts as a mediating mechanism in the relationship between TL and IWB. Secondly, to examine if TL is most likely to predict outcomes (BPNS and IWB) when accompanied by organizational contexts of innovative climate and organic structure. The conceptual model of this study brings together the tenets of the TL theory, self-determination theory, and leadership contingency and substitute theories to understand the proposed relationships.
Design/Methodology/Approach: The study used a cross-sectional survey design, with data collected through an online questionnaire from 100 employees working in various industrial sectors in Norway. IBM statistical software package SPSS 28 was used to analyze data. We assessed the validity and reliability of our measures using factor analysis, Cronbach Alpha, composite reliability, and convergent and discriminant validity coefficients. Hypotheses testing was done using multiple and hierarchical regression analyses in SPSS.
Findings: Findings demonstrated that TL had a positive significant relationship with both the BPNS of employees and IWB. Moreover, BPNS also showed a significant positive relationship with IWB. Contrary to our expectations, the data didn’t support the mediation by PNS and moderation by innovative climate and organic structure. The study, however, revealed that TL and organic structure have additive/complementary effects in facilitating IWB, and innovative climate turned out to be the major predictor of IWB when it operated in tandem with TL.
Practical Implications: The study suggests that organizations should train their managers to show TL behaviors in order to facilitate BPNS and IWB among employees. The organizations can further facilitate employee innovativeness by adopting the organic structure.
Keywords: Transformational Leadership (TL), Innovative Work Behaviour (IWB), Psychological Needs Satisfaction (PNS), Innovative Climate, Organisational Structure, Self Determination Theory (SDT). | |