The influence of transformational leadership and shared leadership on innovative work behavior among generation Z employees in the creative industry in Surabaya: The role of organizational climate as a mediating variable
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https://doi.org/10.38035/dijemss.v6i4.4415Keywords:
Transformational Leadership, Shared Leadership, Organizational Climate, Innovative Work Behavior, Generation Z, Creative IndustryAbstract
The creative industry is often stated as a very prospective future industry as evidenced by the many achievements both nationally and internationally. Generation Z has its own anxieties and doubts when entering the workforce. Leaders' attention and support are needed to increase creative activities in employees to be able to be actively involved in the implementation of company ideas. The purpose of this thesis research is to determine the effect of transformational leadership and shared leadership on work innovation behavior of generation Z employees in the creative industry in Surabaya through organizational climate as a mediating variable. The sample collection used purposive sampling technique in and survey using google form in data collection. The results of this study show that both transformational leadership and shared leadership have a significant positive influence on the work innovation behavior of generation Z employees in the creative industry in Surabaya. Organizational climate plays an important role in strengthening the influence of both types of leadership on innovative work behavior. The dominance of the influence of shared leadership on innovative work behavior in generation Z employees is greater than transformational leadership both directly and indirectly through organizational climate.
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