Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship (벤처창업연구)

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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The Impact of Entrepreneurial Leadership on Individual Creativity: Moderating Role of Innovation Climate and Mediating Role of Psychological Empowerment

기업가적 리더십이 조직 구성원의 창의성에 미치는 영향: 혁신 분위기의 조절효과 및 심리적 임파워먼트의 매개효과

  • Kwon, Sang-Jib (College of Social Science, Department of Business Management, Hansung University)
  • 권상집 (한성대학교 사회과학부 기업경영트랙)
  • Received : 2022.05.07
  • Accepted : 2022.06.20
  • Published : 2022.06.30
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Abstract

Previous literatures have provided growing evidence regarding the impact of leadership in enhancing follower creativity. Despite these ample evidences, a noticeable omission in this body of study is entrepreneurial leadership. The present study extends leadership·creativity research by developing a mediation-moderation model and investigating the key roles that innovation climate and psychological empowerment may play in the mechanism between entrepreneurial leadership and followers' individual creativity. Using a data of 161 SME's members, the results show that: (a) followers' psychological empowerment positively mediates the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and individual creativity; (b) the impact of entrepreneurial leadership on followers' psychological empowerment through innovation climate is high (in other words, innovation climate positively moderates the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and followers' psychological empowerment). This study gain more comprehensive insight of individual creativity and leader's entrepreneurial leadership, to foster more creative venture organizations. The findings of this study make several important implications to present venture·leadership·creativity knowledge. Future studies should examine a broad range of mediating or moderating processes through which context for innovation effects positively on individual creativity. Therefore, additional study is needed to test if the results of this research can be generalized across industry·firm types.

기존 연구에서는 꾸준히 조직 구성원의 창의성을 향상하는데 있어 리더십이 매우 중요한 역할을 한다는 점을 강조해왔다. 수많은 연구가 리더십과 창의성의 관계를 언급하고 있지만 벤처창업의 핵심이라고 할 수 있는 기업가적 리더십에 관해서는 여전히 연구가 부족한 편이다. 이를 감안, 본 연구는 조직 내 혁신 분위기의 조절효과 및 구성원의 심리적 임파워먼트의 매개효과를 토대로 기업가적 리더십과 구성원의 창의성 간의 인과관계를 분석하였다. 국내 중소·벤처기업에 근무하는 161명의 구성원을 대상으로 설문을 진행, 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 구성원의 심리적 임파워먼트는 리더의 기업가적 리더십과 구성원의 창의성 간의 관계를 긍정적으로 매개하는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 구성원의 심리적 임파워먼트에 미치는 리더의 기업가적 리더십의 효과는 조직의 혁신 분위기가 높을 때 더욱 강하게 발휘되는 것으로 나타났다. 즉, 조직 내 혁신 분위기는 리더의 기업가적 리더십과 구성원의 심리적 임파워먼트의 관계를 긍정적으로 조절하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 창의적인 벤처기업을 육성하기 위해 리더의 기업가적 리더십과 구성원의 창의성 간의 관계에 대한 포괄적인 시사점을 제공해 주었다. 본 연구 결과는 기존 벤처창업, 리더십, 창의성 연구 영역에 중요한 학문적인 시사점을 제안했으며 후속 연구는 좀 더 다양한 관점에서 창의성을 강화할 수 있는 혁신과 관련된 맥락을 조절 및 매개변수의 관점에서 분석해야 할 것이다. 특히, 후속 연구는 산업 및 기업의 유형을 더 다양하게 포괄하는 연구를 진행, 본 연구 결과의 일반화에 필요한 교훈을 제시해야 한다.

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본 연구는 한성대학교 교내학술연구비 지원과제임

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