Knowledge-oriented leadership, team learning and team creativity: the roles of task interdependence and task complexity
Leadership & Organization Development Journal
ISSN: 0143-7739
Article publication date: 19 May 2021
Issue publication date: 13 July 2021
Abstract
Purpose
Organizations is increasingly depending on team creativity to create a sustainable competitive advantage. The purpose of this study is to examine the relation between knowledge-oriented leadership and team creativity.
Design/methodology/approach
The hypotheses were tested with a sample of 89 knowledge worker teams consisting of 412 employees and employers in China.
Findings
Results show that knowledge-oriented leadership is positively associated with team creativity, mediated by team learning. Additionally, task interdependence and task complexity can strengthen the positive relation between team learning and team creativity.
Originality/value
The study is the first to explore the relation between knowledge-oriented leadership and team creativity and the moderating role of task interdependence and task complexity in the relation between team learning and team creativity.
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Acknowledgements
The authors thank the following fundings for their financial supports: Humanity and Social Science Youth foundation of Ministry of Education of China (No. 20YJC630103); Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (No. ZR201911090224); China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2019M662391).
Citation
Men, C. and Jia, R. (2021), "Knowledge-oriented leadership, team learning and team creativity: the roles of task interdependence and task complexity", Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Vol. 42 No. 6, pp. 882-898. https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-11-2020-0506
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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