دانلود رایگان مقاله انگلیسی نقش رهبری تحول گرای مدیر عامل و عوامل سازمانی بر عملکرد نوآوری محصول - امرالد 2017

Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the direct and indirect effects of CEO transformational leadership on product innovation performance. This research investigates the mechanism between CEO transformational leadership and product innovation performance, to understand the process through which transformational CEOs exert their influence. Design/methodology/approach – This study is a quantitative research. Data were collected from 269 manufacturing firms in Thailand through a mail survey. This research applied a two-step structural equation modeling process. Findings – The results indicate that CEO transformational leadership indirectly affects product innovation performance through an innovation culture, organizational learning, and the new product development (NPD) process. CEO transformational leadership has a strong effect on innovation culture and organizational learning. Organizational learning is strongly associated with the NPD process, which significantly leads to product innovation performance. By integrating the knowledge of leadership and operations management fields, this study helps extend the understanding of how leaders at the top of an organization influence the NPD process and product innovation outcomes. Practical implications – For practical implications to be more effective, CEOs focusing on product innovation should develop their skills and behaviors of transformational leadership to foster innovation culture and organizational learning, which in turn will affect product innovation performance. Originality/value – This study makes a contribution to the literature by filling the research gaps proposed by several prior studies and offering a theoretical framework of the relationship between CEO transformational leadership and product innovation performance.

5. Discussion

The primary objective of this study was to investigate the effects of CEO transformational leadership on product innovation performance at the firm level. A theoretical framework presenting the connection between CEO transformational leadership, organizational factors, and product innovation performance is proposed and tested using the SEM. The findings from H1-H3 explained that CEO transformational leadership was positively associated with innovation strategy, organizational learning, and innovation culture. However, according to H4, CEO transformational leadership was not found to be associated with product innovation performance. There are a few ways to explain the unexpected result of H4. First, the direct effect of CEO transformational leadership on product innovation performance was fully mediated by intervening variables. Second, under the limitation of a cross-sectional study, the time lag may conceal the direct effect of CEO transformational leadership on product innovation performance. CEO transformational leadership is a subjective or intangible factor, and it may not immediately influence product innovation performance, which is a tangible factor. Thus, CEO transformational leadership did not directly affect product innovation performance. Instead, CEO transformational leadership indirectly influenced product innovation performance through mediating factors.