TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND EMPLOYEE INNOVATION: EXPLORING THE CLIMATE PATHWAY IN PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION

Abstract

The  purpose  of  the  present  study  was  to  find  out  the  impact  of transformational leadership style on innovative work behavior among the employees of administrative section of public sector educational institutions from Sargodha district and mediating role  of  organizational  climate.  The  study  was  consisted  of  sample  of  (N =280).  The purposive  sampling technique was used to collect the data from participant of the study. The multifactor leadership  scale by (Bass  &  Avolio,  1995),  innovative  work  behavior  scale  by (Butt, 2006) and organizational climate scale by (Yildiz, 2016).  which  have were used to measure the construct  of  the  present  study. To achieve the objectives multiple statistical analyses were also conducted including descriptive statistics, reliability analyses and Pearson correlation of the variables. Mediation was computed with PROCESS for examine the direct and indirect effect. Statistical analysis revealed that all variables were correlated in the expected directions. Organizational climate mediated the relation of transformational leadership and innovative work behavior. Finally, implications of these results and limitations of the study were discussed in line with the literature and suggestions for future studies were reflected upon.