The Mediating Effect of Trust in Leader on the Relationship between Empowering Leadership and Employee Creativity

Year 2018, Volume: 8 Issue: 15, 1539 - 1561, 31.08.2018

Çağlar Doğru

https://doi.org/10.26466/opus.451058

Abstract

This study interrogates primarily the
relationship between empowering leadership and employee creativity.
Furthermore, it aims to reveal if  there
is a mediating role of trust in leader on this relationship. The theoretical
background of the research extends over the social exchange theory, behavioral
self-management theory, social cognitive theory and job demands-resources
model. Based upon the relevant literature, it has been intended to explain the
interactions between the structures of empowering leadership, trust in leader
and employee creativity. In order to accomplish this, a quantitative research
was conducted among 172 engineers working in manufacturing companies located in
Ankara and Istanbul. According to the results obtained from the research, it
was figured out that empowering leadership has a significant and positive
relationship with both employee creativity and trust in leader. It was also
noted that trust in leader played a partial mediation role on the relationship
between empowering leadership and employee creativity. As a result, with this
research, it has been intended to provide valuable contributions to the related
literature.

Keywords

Empowering leadership, Employee creativity, Trust in leader, Contemporary leadership styles

Güçlendirici Liderlik ve İşgören Yaratıcılığı Arasındaki İlişkide Lidere Duyulan Güvenin Aracılık Etkisi

Abstract

Bu çalışma öncelikle güçlendirici liderlik ve
işgören yaratıcılığı arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemektedir. Buna ilaveten
çalışmada, bu ilişki üzerinde lidere duyulan güvenin aracılık rolünün olup,
olmadığının ortaya konulması amaçlanmaktadır. Bu araştırmanın kuramsal
altyapısı, sosyal mübadele kuramı, davranışsal öz-yönetim kuramı, sosyal
bilişsel kuram ve iş talepleri-kaynakları modeline kadar uzanmaktadır. İlgili
alanyazın temel alınarak, güçlendirici liderlik, lidere duyulan güven ve
işgören yaratıcılığı değişkenleri arasındaki ilişkiler açıklanmaya
çalışılmaktadır. Bunu yapabilmek adına, Ankara ve İstanbul’da yer alan imalat
şirketlerinde çalışan 172 mühendis arasında, nicel bir araştırma yapılmıştır.
Bu araştırmadan elde edilen sonuçlara göre, güçlendirici liderliğin, işgören
yaratıcılığı ve lidere duyulan güven üzerinde anlamlı ve olumlu bir etkisinin
olduğu ortaya çıkmıştır. Ayrıca, güçlendirici liderlik ve işgören yaratıcılığı
arasındaki ilişkide, lidere duyulan güvenin kısmi aracılık rolü oynadığı tespit
edilmiştir. Böylece, bu çalışmada elde edilen sonuçlar sayesinde ilgili
alanyazına değerli katkılarda bulunulması amaçlanmıştır.

Keywords

Güçlendirici liderlik, İşgören yaratıcılığı, Lidere duyulan güven, Çağdaş liderlik yaklaşımları

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