| Abstract [eng] |
63 pages, 26 tables, 7 figures, 10 annexes, 104 references. The main aim of this master’s thesis is to evaluate the impact of authentic leadership on innovative work behavior through the mediating role of perceived employee-manager trust and innovative organizational climate. The Master thesis consists of three major parts – scientific literature analysis, research methodology, and empirical research results, the introduction, conclusions and recommendations, list of references, and annexes. The literature analysis examines authentic leadership, employee-manager trust, organizational innovation climate, and innovative work behavior concepts and peculiarities. Authentic leadership style and its components, interpersonal trust definition and factors influencing trust in leadership, innovative work behavior dimensions and the factors influencing innovative behavior of employees, components of organizational innovation climate and its impact on individual and organizational outcomes, as well as the linkages between the concepts. Based on the scientific literature analysis, the conceptual framework was developed to conduct quantitative research to examine the impact of authentic leadership on innovative work behavior through the mediating roles of employee-manager trust and innovative organizational climate. 228 respondents working in companies operating in Lithuania participated in the survey, of which 226 questionnaires were processed for further statistical analysis. Statistical data analysis was conducted using the IBM Statistical Package for Social Science (SSPS). The mediation analysis was carried out utilizing the IBM SPSS 4.2 process macro version by Andrew F. Hayes. Statistical data analysis methods include descriptive statistics (means, frequencies, standard deviation), Cronbach alfa coefficient – to assess the internal consistency and reliability of used measurement scales, Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Shapiro-Wilk tests to assess the normality of data distribution, T-test, and one-way ANOVA (Bonferroni criterion) to estimate the mean differences according to demographic and organizational characteristics of respondents, linear regression and mediation analysis. The research results indicated that authentic leadership has a positive impact on innovative work behavior, however, the mediation analysis results showed that employee-manager trust had no statistically significant mediation effect, whereas the innovative organizational climate mediated the impact of authentic leadership on innovative work behavior. The summary of the scientific literature analysis and empirical research results, alongside suggestions, are presented in the conclusions and recommendations part. |
