Song Guo, Nabi Md Nurun, Gazi Md Abu Issa, Amin Mohammad Bin, Senathirajah Abdul Rahman Bin S, Rahaman Md Atikur, Min Zhang
School of Management, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, 332005, China.
Department of Textile Engineering Management, Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTex), Dhaka, 1208, Bangladesh.
BMC Psychol. 2025 Jun 4;13(1):604. doi: 10.1186/s40359-025-02950-3.
This study indicates that there is still a limited number of studies that examined the nexus among participative leadership (PL), follower's psychological safety (FPS), followers' radical creativity (FRC), and collaborative relationship (CR) in the manufacturing sector of emerging economies. This paper emphasizes the importance of FPS and business collaboration to promote FRC and sheds new light on manufacturing stakeholders' involvement. That is why this research aims to investigate the relationship between PL and FRC, including the mediating effect of FPS. Additionally, CR functioned as a moderator in the connection between FPS and FRC. This study applies the social information processing (SIP) theory as the theoretical background by bringing the dynamics between leaders and followers to the current scholarly discourse. A quantitative survey was conducted through a structured questionnaire from the samples, including 82 leaders and 240 followers from 178 manufacturing companies from all parts of Bangladesh. The researchers in this study employed SPSS for the descriptive statistics and PLS-SEM to evaluate the anticipated connections. Moreover, the quantitative results showed that PL has a positive and substantial relationship with both FPS and FRC (β = 0.25, t-statistics = 5.67, P < 0.001). Additionally, FPS has a mediation effect on the link between PL and FRC (β=-0.12, t-statistics = 22.59, P < 0.001) On the other hand, it has been found that the collaborative relationship's moderating influence is insignificant (β = 0.29, T-values = 0.66, SE = 0.0000031). This study clarifies how PL and FPS develop the FRC in Bangladeshi industrial firms. This study contributes to the literature by highlighting how organizations can promote FRC among their followers, foster PS through CR, and motivate individuals to actively participate in FRC endeavors to boost organizational productivity and effectiveness.
本研究表明，在新兴经济体制造业中，考察参与式领导（PL）、追随者心理安全（FPS）、追随者激进创造力（FRC）和合作关系（CR）之间联系的研究数量仍然有限。本文强调了FPS和商业合作对促进FRC的重要性，并为制造业利益相关者的参与提供了新的视角。这就是为什么本研究旨在调查PL与FRC之间的关系，包括FPS的中介作用。此外，CR在FPS与FRC的联系中起到调节作用。本研究将领导者与追随者之间的动态关系引入当前学术讨论，应用社会信息处理（SIP）理论作为理论背景。通过对样本进行结构化问卷调查开展了定量研究，样本包括来自孟加拉国各地178家制造公司的82名领导者和240名追随者。本研究的研究人员使用SPSS进行描述性统计，并使用PLS-SEM评估预期的联系。此外，定量结果表明，PL与FPS和FRC均呈显著正相关（β = 0.25，t统计量 = 5.67，P < 0.001）。此外，FPS在PL与FRC的关系中起中介作用（β = -0.12，t统计量 = 22.59，P < 0.001）。另一方面，研究发现合作关系的调节作用不显著（β = 0.29，T值 = 0.66，标准误 = 0.0000031）。本研究阐明了PL和FPS如何在孟加拉国工业企业中促进FRC。本研究通过强调组织如何在其追随者中促进FRC、通过CR培养心理安全以及激励个人积极参与FRC努力以提高组织生产力和有效性，为文献做出了贡献。
