Innovation of Social Workers Under Different Leadership Styles: An Experimental Vignette Study

• DOI: 10.1177/10497315221131319
• Publication Date: 2022-10-11T07:51:31Z
• Authors: Yajun Song; Jing Lan; Guanghuai Zheng; Yean Wang
• Keywords: Ethical Leadership; Vignette; Situational leadership theory

Purpose: Using situational leadership theory, this study examined the innovation of social workers in community-level work institutions under different styles. Methods: We conducted an online survey experiment on professional strengths eight cities mainland China from December 8–20, 2020. Results: Both ethical and servant are conducive to workers’ innovative behaviors. Our full model also suggests that organizational climate moderates effects styles behaviors, with having a greater impact than behavior low-innovation environments, but has high-innovation environments. Conclusion: provides important strategies fully stimulate based stage characteristics practices.