Purpose

Organisations have to be ambidextrous to survive in modern times. This study, therefore, aims to investigate the influence of contextual leadership on exploratory and exploitative innovation. Environmental dynamism was the moderator in this relationship, and innovation climate was the mediator.

Design/methodology/approach

The research design was a quantitative study, using a Web-based survey questionnaire, which consisted of valid and reliable scales. There were 1,204 respondents who completed the survey. Analyses included reliability, validity tests and structural equation modelling to test the hypothesised relationships among the variables.

Findings

The results show that exploitative and exploratory innovation is predicted by the innovation climate, which in turn is predicted by contextual leadership. The findings include a slight moderating effect of environmental dynamism on these relationships. The results suggest that contextual leadership is a significant predictor for improving innovation climate.

Practical implications

As contextual leadership explains 33% of the variance in organisational climate, companies can benefit from developing their leaders to create climates that promote innovation. At increased levels of environmental dynamism, innovation efforts should increase.

Originality/value

Contextual leadership is a crucial element to build innovation-friendly workplaces. The study addresses the gap in research on the influence of contextual leadership on exploitative and exploratory innovation with the mediating and moderator effect on this relationship.

中文翻译：

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受情境领导、环境活力和创新气候影响的探索性和开发性创新

目的

组织必须是灵巧的才能在现代生存。因此，本研究旨在调查情境领导对探索性和剥削性创新的影响。环境活力是这种关系的调节剂，而创新气候是调节剂。

设计/方法/方法

研究设计是一项定量研究，使用基于网络的调查问卷，由有效和可靠的量表组成。共有 1,204 名受访者完成了调查。分析包括可靠性、有效性测试和结构方程模型，以测试变量之间的假设关系。

发现

结果表明，开发性和探索性创新是由创新氛围预测的，而创新氛围又是由情境领导预测的。研究结果包括环境活力对这些关系的轻微调节作用。结果表明，情境领导是改善创新氛围的重要预测因素。

实际影响

由于情境领导解释了组织氛围中 33% 的差异，因此公司可以从培养领导者以创造促进创新的氛围中受益。随着环境活力水平的提高，创新努力应该增加。

原创性/价值

情境领导是打造创新友好型工作场所的关键要素。该研究解决了情境领导对开发性和探索性创新影响的研究空白以及对这种关系的中介和调节作用。