Like-Minded Cooperators—The Research on the Relationship between the CEO Transformational Leadership and the Innovation Behavior of Designer

Abstract

Based on the human-environment interaction theory, this study intends to expand the existing ASA model by combining the leadership behavior theory and organizational identity theory, and focuses on the role of the model in linking the innovation performance of the CEO and the R & D staff. Through the above research, the connection path between CEO transformational leadership at the organizational level and employee performance at the individual level has been opened up, and the relationship model between transformational leadership and employee creative behavior has been constructed. Besides, the variable relationship in the model has been verified by collecting questionnaires from fashion designers of 640 clothing enterprises. Data results show that the CEO of transformational leadership on employee leadership fit has a significant positive influence, staff leadership fit have a significant positive influence on identification of leadership, and leadership identity for employees’ innovation performance has a significant role in promoting, organizational political climate between CEO of transformational leadership and employee leadership fit to play an important inhibitory effect, namely the high organizational political climate, CEO of transformational leadership has been weakened by the influence to fit the leadership of the staff will be. This research will be an effective supplement to the recent research on innovation behavior and innovation performance at the enterprise and individual levels.