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Journal of Management, Vol. 31, No. 3, 381-402 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0149206304272151

Top Management Leadership and Influence on Innovation: The Role of Sociocultural Context

Detelin S. Elenkov

Department of Management, 405 Stokely Management Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, delenkov{at}utk.edu

Ivan M. Manev

University of Maine Business School, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5723

This study proposes and tests a model for top-management influence on innovations. Three research questions are addressed: Is top managers’ influence on innovation a function of their leadership? Does socio-cultural context directly affect leadership? and, Does sociocultural context moderate the relationship of leadership with top-management influence on innovation? These questions are investigated with data from 12 European countries. The results show that leadership factors have strong effects on top-management innovation influence. In support of the culture-specific view of leadership, sociocultural context directly influences leadership and moderates its relationship with organizational innovation.

Key Words: top managers’ leadership • influence on innovation • social culture


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