Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2019.1699140
The dynamics of leader technical competence, subordinate learning, and innovative work behaviors in high-tech, knowledge-based industry
Syed Imad Shah
Asad Shahjehan
Bilal Afsar
Sajjad Ahmad Afridi
Bilal Bin Saeed
Sažetak
This study tests a conceptual model for understanding the relationship
between subordinates’ ‘learning work behaviour’ and
‘innovative work behaviour’, with the moderating role of their
leaders’ self-reported as well as subordinates’ rated ‘leader technical
competence’. The study was conducted in the context of a
high-tech, knowledge-based telecommunications industry. Based
on the evaluation of job description, leaders/managers with
responsibilities of not only managing internal and external stakeholders
but also capable to lead engineers to resolve any technical
issue multiple-source data were collected from the identified
leaders and their respective subordinates working with telecommunication
operator (n¼179). This study proposed a three-way
interaction moderation model between the independent variable
(subordinate learning work behaviour) and the moderator variables
(that is, the self-assessed leaders’ ‘technical competence’ and
subordinates’ rated ‘leader’ technical competence’) to predict the
subordinates’ ‘innovative work behaviour’. Our results demonstrate
that that subordinate learning work behaviour had the
strongest positive relationship with subordinate innovative work
behaviour when both the leader self-assessment of technical competence
and the subordinates rated leader’s technical competence
were high. This study fills an important gap in leadership
literature by focussing on the technical competence of leaders
which has received little attention from leadership research in
knowledge-based industries.
Ključne riječi
Learning work behaviour; leader technical competence; innovative work Behaviourbehaviour; knowledge-based industries; Vietnam
Hrčak ID:
254409
URI
Datum izdavanja:
9.2.2021.
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