Management Innovation and Middle Managers: The Role of Empowering Leadership, Voice, and Collectivist Orientation

• Published in: Management and organization review Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 108 - 130
• Main Authors: Rohlfer, Sylvia, Hassi, Abderrahman, Jebsen, Simon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.02.2022
• Subjects: Employees; Empowerment; Innovations; Leadership; Professional identity; voice; middle manager; 价值导向; 建言行为; 授权型领导; 中层管理者; management innovation; 管理创新; empowering leadership; value orientations

Exposing under which conditions management innovation diffuses within firms, this study investigates at the individual level the mediating influence of middle managers’ voice behavior on the relationship between CEOs’ empowering leadership behavior and perceived management innovation. We also propos...