ABSTRACT

This paper builds a research model with four constructs, i.e., competencies, knowledge-oriented leadership, innovation, and performance within manufacturing companies to find out, through path modeling, 1) the effect of competencies on innovation, 2) the effect of knowledge-oriented leadership on innovation, and 3) the effect of innovation on performance. The survey instrument included four constructs – Competencies (COMP), Knowledge-oriented Leadership (LEAD), Innovation (INNO), and Performance (PERF). A marketing research company administered the instrument via computer-assisted telephone interviewing to subjects (N = 377) from 10 different high-tech manufacturing companies in Poland. Collected data were analyzed through partial least square structural equation modeling. The findings revealed that competencies and knowledge-oriented leadership positively and significantly influence innovation and innovation positively and significantly influence performance. Moreover, innovation was found to be a mediating variable between competencies and performance and knowledge-oriented leadership and performance. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed, followed by addressing the study’s limitations and future research directions.

摘要

本文构建了制造企业内的能力、知识导向型领导、创新和绩效四个结构的研究模型，通过路径建模找出1）能力对创新的影响，2）知识对创新的影响。导向型领导对创新，以及 3) 创新对绩效的影响。该调查工具包括四个结构——能力（COMP）、知识导向型领导（LEAD）、创新（INNO）和绩效（PERF）。一家营销研究公司通过计算机辅助电话采访来自波兰 10 家不同的高科技制造公司的受试者（N = 377）来管理该仪器。通过偏最小二乘结构方程模型分析收集的数据。研究结果表明，能力和以知识为导向的领导对创新产生积极和显着的影响，而创新对绩效产生积极和显着的影响。此外，创新被发现是能力和绩效与知识导向型领导和绩效之间的中介变量。讨论了研究结果的理论和实践意义，然后解决了研究的局限性和未来的研究方向。