Wang Yimin, Su Qianhong, Sun Wei
School of Management, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Front Psychol. 2022 Apr 27;13:874105. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.874105. eCollection 2022.
CEO leadership is considered a critical antecedent of product innovation performance, but the relational aspect of leadership has been largely neglected in this area. Drawing on upper echelons theory and relational leadership literature, this study explores , , and CEO relational leadership influences product innovation performance. Specifically, we analyze the underlying mechanism of TMT (top management team) voice behavior and two boundary conditions-TMT educational level and TMT age. Based on multi-source and multi-wave data on 105 Chinese firms, this study finds that CEO relational leadership plays an important role in promoting product innovation performance through the intervening mechanism of TMT voice behavior. Furthermore, the positive relationship between CEO relational leadership and TMT voice behavior is stronger in TMTs with higher educational level and lower age. This study contributes to the existing literature by empirically examining the under-investigated relationship between CEO relational leadership and product innovation performance, and by disentangling the underlying mechanism and boundary conditions.
首席执行官领导力被视为产品创新绩效的关键前提，但领导力的关系层面在这一领域很大程度上被忽视了。本研究借鉴高层梯队理论和关系型领导文献，探讨首席执行官关系型领导力如何影响产品创新绩效。具体而言，我们分析了高层管理团队（TMT）建言行为的潜在机制以及两个边界条件——TMT教育水平和TMT年龄。基于对105家中国企业的多源多波数据，本研究发现，首席执行官关系型领导力通过TMT建言行为的中介机制在促进产品创新绩效方面发挥着重要作用。此外，在教育水平较高且年龄较小的TMT中，首席执行官关系型领导力与TMT建言行为之间的正向关系更强。本研究通过实证检验首席执行官关系型领导力与产品创新绩效之间未被充分研究的关系，并厘清潜在机制和边界条件，为现有文献做出了贡献。
