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

PurposeThe study aims to examine the mediating role of psychological empowerment and job crafting between servant leadership and innovative work behavior.Design/methodology/approachThe data were collected from 689 knowledge workers employed in Pakistan's service industry. The data collection wa...

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Published inEuropean journal of innovation management Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 1037 - 1055
Main Authors Khan, Muhammad Mumtaz, Mubarik, Muhammad Shujaat, Islam, Tahir, Rehman, Asif, Ahmed, Syed Saad, Khan, Essa, Sohail, Farhan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bradford Emerald Publishing Limited 23.06.2022
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Subjects
21st century
Cognition & reasoning
Data analysis
Data collection
Employees
Empowerment
Leadership
Multivariate statistical analysis
Servant leadership
Workers
Servant leadership
Innovative work behavior
Psychological empowerment
Job crafting
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Summary:PurposeThe study aims to examine the mediating role of psychological empowerment and job crafting between servant leadership and innovative work behavior.Design/methodology/approachThe 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.FindingsServant 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/valueThe study delineated the link mechanism between servant leadership and innovative work behavior.
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ISSN:1460-1060
1758-7115
DOI:10.1108/EJIM-09-2020-0367