A STUDY ON THE INFLUENCING MECHANISM OF SHARED LEADERSHIP STYLE ON TEAM INNOVATION PERFORMANCE: MEDIATED BY KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION CLIMATE

Abstract

This study mainly used a combination of qualitative and quantitative mixed method to investigate the mechanism of shared leadership style's influence on team innovation performance. Through the survey, descriptive statistical analysis, CITC test, factor analysis and testing the reliability and validity of the questionnaire were performed for each variable. Correlation analysis and control variables ANOVA were used, and the model was validated. 
 The study found that shared leadership styles positively contribute to (shared transformational leadership, shared transactional leadership, and shared empowerment leadership) team innovation performance, and organizational innovation climate and knowledge sharing have a mediating role in the relationship between shared transformational leadership and shared transactional leadership, i.e., shared transformational leadership and shared transactional leadership styles contribute to team innovation performance through the mediating role of organizational innovation climate and knowledge sharing. Discussion and recommendations around each finding were also provided by the researcher by the end of the study.