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Innovational Leadership: A new construct and validation of a scale to measure it

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  • Francoise Contreras
  • Juan Carlos Espinosa
  • Utz Dornberger

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Due to the current highly competitive business environment, companies need committed employees with innovative behaviors who contribute to innovation in the company. In this regard, we propose the construct Innovational Leadership, a specific style of leadership that promotes such manners. Likewise, we present the process of construction and validation of the Innovational Leadership Scale (ILS-16) through three sequential studies analyzing psychometric properties. These studies were conducted with different samples for a total of 367 employees. The results demonstrated that the ILS-16 is a valid and reliable unidimensional scale for assessing the proposed construct. This study involves scholars who will have the possibility to build new models, and also managers because ILS-16 constitutes a practical tool to measure innovational leadership in their companies.

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  • Francoise Contreras & Juan Carlos Espinosa & Utz Dornberger, 2022. "Innovational Leadership: A new construct and validation of a scale to measure it," Estudios Gerenciales, Universidad Icesi, vol. 38(163), pages 151-160, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:col:000129:020214
    DOI: 10.18046/j.estger.2022.163.4763
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    1. Hanan S. AlEssa & Christopher M. Durugbo, 2022. "Systematic review of innovative work behavior concepts and contributions," Management Review Quarterly, Springer, vol. 72(4), pages 1171-1208, December.
    2. Francoise Contreras & Fernando Juarez & Yonni Angel Cuero Acosta & Utz Dornberger & Karla Soria-Barreto & Martha Corrales-Estrada & Claudia Ramos-Garza & Sebastian Steizel & Alexandra Portalanza & Ket, 2020. "Critical factors for innovative work behaviour in Latin American firms: Test of an exploratory model," Cogent Business & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 7(1), pages 1812926-181, January.
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    1. Zhu, Weichun & Yang, Hao & Yang, Baiyin & Sosik, John J., 2024. "Innovative leadership in organizations: Dimensions, measurement, and validation," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 172(C).

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    Keywords

    Innovational leadership; individual innovation; leadership; innovative work behavior; test constructions; test validation;
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    JEL classification:

    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation

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