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How servant leadership triggers innovative work behavior: exploring the sequential mediating role of psychological empowerment and job crafting

Muhammad Mumtaz Khan (Business Studies Department, Bahria Business School, Bahria University–Karachi Campus, Karachi, Pakistan)
Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik (College of Business Management, Institute of Business Management, Karachi, Pakistan)
Tahir Islam (School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, China)
Asif Rehman (Business Studies Department, Bahria Business School, Bahria University–Karachi Campus, Karachi, Pakistan)
Syed Saad Ahmed (Business Studies Department, Bahria Business School, Bahria University–Karachi Campus, Karachi, Pakistan)
Essa Khan (Business Studies Department, Bahria Business School, Bahria University–Karachi Campus, Karachi, Pakistan)
Farhan Sohail (Business Studies Department, Bahria Business School, Bahria University–Karachi Campus, Karachi, Pakistan)

European Journal of Innovation Management

ISSN: 1460-1060

Article publication date: 23 March 2021

Issue publication date: 23 June 2022

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Abstract

Purpose

The study aims to examine the mediating role of psychological empowerment and job crafting between servant leadership and innovative work behavior.

Design/methodology/approach

The data were collected from 689 knowledge workers employed in Pakistan's service industry. The data collection was done through survey design. The data analysis was done through structural equation modeling using PLS-Smart.

Findings

Servant leadership was found to be related to psychological empowerment, job crafting and innovative work behavior of the employees. Job crafting was found to be mediating between servant leadership and innovative work behavior. Additionally, psychological empowerment and job crafting were found to be sequential mediators between servant leadership and innovative work behavior.

Originality/value

The study delineated the link mechanism between servant leadership and innovative work behavior.

Keywords

Citation

Khan, M.M., Mubarik, M.S., Islam, T., Rehman, A., Ahmed, S.S., Khan, E. and Sohail, F. (2022), "How servant leadership triggers innovative work behavior: exploring the sequential mediating role of psychological empowerment and job crafting", European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 25 No. 4, pp. 1037-1055. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJIM-09-2020-0367

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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