Innovation of the Employees: Exploring the effect of Transformational leadership and gender of the managers on the innovation of followers (Karafrin and Novin Insurance Companies)

چکیده مقاله

Innovation in the organizations can led to effective leadership in service sectors such as insurance industry. Empirical findings have reputedly demonstrated a positive relationship between transformational leadership and work unit effectiveness measures. This study explores the relationship between transformational leadership and innovative work behavior and also the impact of gender of managers on the innovative work behavior of followers in transformational leadership. Data was gathered from 2 insurance companies in Iran, Karafarin and Novin Insurance companies. This survey was done in winter of 2015. The sample size is 302. The Multifactor leadership questionnaire form 5X-Short is used to analyses the relationship between transformational leadership and innovative work behavior and Aston Team Performance Questionnaire is used for evaluating the effect of gender. The finding revealed a positive and significant relationship between transformational leadership and innovative work behavior. In the meantime it is reported more innovative behavior when the transformational leader is female.

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