Title: Enhancing process innovations: the role of cognitions, and power-based leadership

Authors: Diana Eva Krause

Addresses: Department of Organizational Behaviour, Human Resources and Management Development, Klagenfurt University, Universitatsstrasse 65-67, A-9020 Klagenfurt, Austria

Abstract: This study focuses on innovation-related cognitions and behaviours of middle managers during process innovations in small and medium-sized organisations. It describes how different forms of power-based leadership (reward power and coercive power) employed by a supervisor vis-a-vis a middle manager affect the middle manager|s innovation-related cognitions, and behaviours. The hypotheses were tested on a sample of middle managers from different German organisations belonging to various sectors. The central arguments were supported by analyses of variance, correlations, and regression analyses.

Keywords: process innovation; cognition; power based leadership; extrinsic incentives; reward power; coercive power; middle managers; SMEs; small and medium-sized enterprises; supervisors; Germany.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEV.2011.041272

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 2011 Vol.3 No.3, pp.212 - 230

Published online: 24 Oct 2014 *

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