The influence of leadership on product and process innovations in China: The contingent role of knowledge acquisition capability

Jeanine Chang; Xuan Bai; Julie Juan Li

doi:10.1016/j.indmarman.2015.04.014

The influence of leadership on product and process innovations in China : The contingent role of knowledge acquisition capability

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Author(s)

Jeanine Chang
Xuan Bai
Julie Juan Li

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Department of Marketing

Detail(s)

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	18-29
Journal / Publication	Industrial Marketing Management
Volume	50
Online published	5 Jun 2015
Publication status	Published - Oct 2015

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DOI	DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2015.04.014 Final Published version
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Abstract

Building upon upper echelon theory and a dynamic capability perspective, this study investigates the relative effectiveness of two types of leadership on product and process innovations in emerging economies. The authors found that in China transformational-charismatic (TC) leadership has a stronger effect on product innovation, while transactional leadership has a stronger effect on process innovation. The authors further study the boundary conditions of leadership and empirically examine the contingent effects of organizational level capability on the relationships between leadership and innovation. The moderating effects are intriguing: knowledge acquisition capability strengthens the effect of TC leadership on process innovation and that of transactional leadership on product innovation. However, knowledge acquisition capability attenuates the positive relationship between TC leadership and product innovation as well as the positive relationship between transactional leadership and process innovation.