The Impact of Individual Resilience and Transformational Leadership on Innovative Team Behavior: Considering the Mediating Role of Team Resilience and Moderating Role of Learning Climate

Document Type : Research Article

Authors
Maryam Tehrani 1
Elham Heydari 2
Farzad Moradpour 3
Kamran Farajzadeh 4
1 Department of Human Resources and Business Management, Faculty of Management, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Human Resource and Business Management, Faculty of Management, University of Kharazmi, Tehran, Iran
3 Graduated in human resource management, Faculty of Management, University of Kharazmi, Tehran, Iran
4 Ph.D.Student of IT management, Department of Management and Economics, Faculty of Management, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
10.52547/jpap.2022.227380.1191
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of individual resilience and transformational leadership on team innovative work behavior with respect to the mediating role of team resilience and the moderating role of learning climate.
Design/ methodology/ approach: This study is applied in terms of object and descriptive-correlational in terms of method. In this study, the statistical population consists of the employees of Mofid Securities and the sample size of 261 employees selected by simple random sampling method. Data analysis was performed using structural equation modeling approach and partial least squares method using SPSS and PLS software.
Research Findings: The results reveal that individual resilience and transformational leadership have a significant impact on team innovative behavior. The moderating effect of learning climate in this relationship is significant, but the mediating effect of team resilience in the relationship between transformational leadership and innovative team behavior is not significant.
Limitations & Consequences:  This study considers team resilience as a one-dimensional concept, while in some of the criteria for measuring this variable, different and varied dimensions for measuring it are presented, which may limit the generalizability of the results of this study.
Practical Consequences: The present study provides the basis for examining the consequences of team resilience by focusing on the separation of tangible consequences such as employee turnover rate, organizational performance, etc. and intangible consequences such as employee participation, employee commitment.
Innovation or value of the Article:  Due to the high importance of resilience and activity under high work pressure condition in most of the jobs in organization, investigating the mentioned concepts could bring new insights.
Paper Type: Research Paper
Keywords
Individual resilience
Team resilience
Team innovative work behavior
Transformational leadership
learning Climate
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