Fostering Innovation at Work: The Synergy of Transformational Leadership, Job Autonomy, and Innovative Organizational Culture for Driving Innovative Work Behavior.

While previous studies have identified transformational leadership, job autonomy, and innovative organizational culture as key factors influencing employees' innovative work behavior within public organizations, the interactive effects remain underexplored. To address this gap, this study draws on l...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Public Personnel Management Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 254 - 285
Autores principales: Oh, Seongdeok, Sabharwal, Meghna
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Jun2026
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=193320211&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: ccm
    uiTerm: 193320211
    longDbName: CINAHL Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    dissinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        00910260
        PPM
      jtl: Public Personnel Management
      issn: 00910260
      maglogo: Y
    pubinfo:
      dt: Jun2026
      vid: 55
      iid: 2
      pid: 344
      pub: Sage Publications Inc.
      place: Thousand Oaks, California
    artinfo:
      ui:
        193320211
        188747066
        193320211
        193320211
        10.1177/00910260251380410
        193320211
      ppf: 254
      ppct: 31
      formats:
        fmt:
          – @attributes:
              type: T
          – @attributes:
              type: P
      tig:
        atl: Fostering Innovation at Work: The Synergy of Transformational Leadership, Job Autonomy, and Innovative Organizational Culture for Driving Innovative Work Behavior.
      aug:
        au:
          Oh, Seongdeok
          Sabharwal, Meghna
        affil: The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
      sug:
        subj:
          Diffusion of Innovation
          Leadership
          Professional Autonomy Evaluation
          Organizational Culture Evaluation
          Job Performance Evaluation
          Job Characteristics Evaluation
          Employee Attitudes Evaluation
          Government Employees Psychosocial Factors
          Human
          Male
          Female
          Adult
          Middle Age
          Aged
          Quantitative Studies
          Management Styles
          Job Satisfaction
          Survey Research
          South Korea
          Structural Equation Modeling
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Random Sample
          Sex Factors
          Age Factors
          Educational Status
          Confidence Intervals
          Mediation Analysis
          Motivation
          Professional Development
          Creativeness
          Factor Analysis
          Chi Square Test
          Descriptive Statistics
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Aged: 65+ years
          Male
          Female
      ab: While previous studies have identified transformational leadership, job autonomy, and innovative organizational culture as key factors influencing employees' innovative work behavior within public organizations, the interactive effects remain underexplored. To address this gap, this study draws on leader–member exchange, self-determination, and job characteristics theories to examine how these elements synergistically contribute to employees' innovative work behavior. Using survey data from 4,133 South Korean public servants in central and local government, this study employs partial least squares structural equation modeling to test the moderated mediation framework. The findings reveal that transformational leadership is positively associated with innovative work behavior, with job autonomy partially mediating this relationship. It also suggests that an innovative organizational culture has not only direct and moderating effects of transformational leadership on job autonomy but also on innovative work behavior. Ultimately, it highlights that when public employees perceive a high level of innovative organizational culture, the indirect effect of transformational leadership on innovative work behavior, mediated by job autonomy, becomes more pronounced. This study concludes by discussing the theoretical and practical implications of these findings, as well as future research, and emphasizes the critical role of public organizations in creating environments that support innovation among public employees.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype:
        research
        tables/charts
        Journal Article
      ougenre: Article
    language: English
    refInfo:
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N