Despite previous research demonstrating the importance of entrepreneurial leadership in fostering innovative behavior among employees, less is known about the mechanisms and processes through which leaders influence their employees’ innovative behavior. By utilizing social cognitive theory, the purpose of this paper is to examine the sequential role of innovation climate and employees’ intellectual agility in mediating the link between entrepreneurial leadership and employees’ innovative behavior. We collected 241 data points from full-time employees in the US using the survey method and tested our hypotheses using hierarchical multiple regression and PROCESS Macro. Entrepreneurial leadership was found to significantly impact employees’ innovative behavior through the innovation climate and their intellectual agility. These findings allow leaders to pinpoint their critical roles in fostering innovation in their businesses and establishing the ideal culture and climate for innovation. It also allows leaders to create innovative settings to encourage employees to share ideas and concepts in a confident manner. A discussion of the findings, implications, limitations, and future research avenues is included.

尽管先前的研究证明了企业家领导力在培养员工创新行为方面的重要性，但人们对领导者影响员工创新行为的机制和过程知之甚少。利用社会认知理论，本文的目的是检验创新环境和员工智力敏捷在企业家领导力和员工创新行为之间的中介作用。我们使用调查方法从美国全职员工那里收集了 241 个数据点，并使用分层多元回归和 PROCESS Macro 测试了我们的假设。发现企业家领导力通过创新环境和他们的智力敏捷性显着影响员工的创新行为。这些发现使领导者能够确定他们在促进企业创新和建立理想的创新文化和氛围方面的关键作用。它还允许领导者创建创新环境，以鼓励员工以自信的方式分享想法和概念。包括对研究结果、影响、局限性和未来研究途径的讨论。