Top Management Leadership and Influence on Innovation : the role of sociocultural context
By: ELENKOV, Detelin S.
Contributor(s): MANEV, Ivan M.
Material type: ArticlePublisher: London : Sage, June 2005Journal of management : J.O.M 31, 3, p. 381-402Abstract: This study proposes and tests a model for top-management influence on innovations. Three research questions are addressed: Is top managers influence on innovation a function of their leadership? Does socio-cultural context directly affect leadership? and, Does sociocultural context moderate the relationship of leadership with top-management influence on innovation? These questions are investigated with data from 12 European countries. The results show that leadership factors have strong effects on top-management innovation influence. In support of the culture-specific view of leadership, sociocultural context directly influences leadership and moderates its relationship with organizational innovationThis study proposes and tests a model for top-management influence on innovations. Three research questions are addressed: Is top managers influence on innovation a function of their leadership? Does socio-cultural context directly affect leadership? and, Does sociocultural context moderate the relationship of leadership with top-management influence on innovation? These questions are investigated with data from 12 European countries. The results show that leadership factors have strong effects on top-management innovation influence. In support of the culture-specific view of leadership, sociocultural context directly influences leadership and moderates its relationship with organizational innovation
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