How temporal leadership boosts employee innovative job performance
European Journal of Innovation Management
ISSN: 1460-1060
Article publication date: 12 March 2020
Issue publication date: 5 January 2021
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine how temporal leadership relates to employee innovative job performance through pro-social rule breaking for efficiency (PSRB_E) and vigor. As such, it draws from both motivational and affective perspectives to investigate the way in which leaders manage employees' time to boost employee innovation at work.
Design/methodology/approach
This study adopts a two-source survey with coworker dyads from multiple organizations in China. Two hundred and three focal employees rated temporal leadership, time pressure and vigor. Each focal employee was rated by a coworker on PSRB_E and innovative job performance. Structural equation modeling (SEM) and bootstrapping techniques are used to examine the hypothesized relationships with the R package for latent variable analysis (i.e. lavaan).
Findings
The results suggest that temporal leadership positively relates to employees' innovative job performance through the mediations of their PRSB_E and vigor, respectively.
Originality/value
This study is one of the first that sought to understand the effect of temporal leadership on employee innovative job performance. It also casts light upon the motivational and affective mechanisms underlying such a linkage.
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Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to Dr Vincenzo Corvello and the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments. This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NO. 71402036, NO. 71502043), the Educational Science Planning Project of Education Bureau of Guangzhou City (NO. 1201451195), and the Training Program for the Young Top-notch Talents of Guangzhou University (NO. BJ201718).
Citation
Zhang, J., van Eerde, W., Gevers, J.M.P. and Zhu, W. (2021), "How temporal leadership boosts employee innovative job performance", European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 24 No. 1, pp. 23-42. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJIM-05-2019-0112
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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