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The impact of leadership styles on innovations : A review. / Kesting, Peter; Ulhøi, John Parm; Song, Jiwen Lynda et al.
I: Journal of Innovation Management, Bind 3, Nr. 4, 2015, s. 22-41.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift/Konferencebidrag i tidsskrift /Bidrag til avis › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of leadership styles on innovations
T2 - A review
AU - Kesting, Peter
AU - Ulhøi, John Parm
AU - Song, Jiwen Lynda
AU - Niu, Hongyi
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This paper reviews the insights that research offers on the impact of different leadership styles on innovation management. To do so, we develop a framework structuring existing insights into four generic dimensions: people, means, effects, and goals. Based on this framework, we review studies on: directive and participative leadership, interactive leadership, charismatic leadership, transformational leadership, transactional & instrumental leadership, strategic & CEO leadership, and shared & distributed leadership. We find strong indications that different innovation stages and types raise different demands on leadership. Against this background, transformational leadership is not the only style to lead innovations, but different leadership styles fit differently well with different innovation types and stages. However, the specification of this fit is still very incomplete and the answer to the question of how to lead innovations remains sketchy. Before closing, future research needs as well as practical implications are addressed.
AB - This paper reviews the insights that research offers on the impact of different leadership styles on innovation management. To do so, we develop a framework structuring existing insights into four generic dimensions: people, means, effects, and goals. Based on this framework, we review studies on: directive and participative leadership, interactive leadership, charismatic leadership, transformational leadership, transactional & instrumental leadership, strategic & CEO leadership, and shared & distributed leadership. We find strong indications that different innovation stages and types raise different demands on leadership. Against this background, transformational leadership is not the only style to lead innovations, but different leadership styles fit differently well with different innovation types and stages. However, the specification of this fit is still very incomplete and the answer to the question of how to lead innovations remains sketchy. Before closing, future research needs as well as practical implications are addressed.
KW - Leadership styles
KW - Innovation
KW - Leadership
KW - Transformational Leadership
M3 - Journal article
VL - 3
SP - 22
EP - 41
JO - Journal of Innovation Management
JF - Journal of Innovation Management
IS - 4
ER -