Relationship of Leadership Styles and Employee Creativity: A Mediating Role of Creative Self-efficacy and Moderating Role of Organizational Climate
The aim of the current study is to explore the relationship between leadership styles and employee creativity through a mediating role of creative self-efficacy and moderating role of organizational climate. The sample of the current study consists of 400 managers from commercial banking sector o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johar Education Society
2017-08-01
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| Series: | Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jespk.net/publications/389.pdf |
| Summary: | The aim of the current study is to explore the relationship between leadership styles and
employee creativity through a mediating role of creative self-efficacy and moderating
role of organizational climate. The sample of the current study consists of 400 managers
from commercial banking sector of Pakistan. To test the relationship multiple regression
analysis was applied. Before applying multiple regressions all the assumptions of
multiple regression were checked and found it satisfactory. Validity and reliability of the
research instrument was also checked. The study found that transformational leadership
style was positively and significantly related with employee creativity, while
transactional leadership style was negatively related with employee creativity.
Furthermore, creative self-efficacy mediates the relationship between leadership styles
and employee creativity. Also, organizational climate and its dimensions namely intrinsic
recognition, support & impartiality (ISI) and cohesion were positively and significantly
related with employee creativity, while organizational climate dimension namely pressure
was negatively associated with employee creativity. |
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| ISSN: | 1997-8553 2309-8619 |