Entrepreneurial leadership and innovation in the public sector: The role of causal‐ and effectual‐logic processes
研究了希腊105个市政部门的数据，发现创业型领导对探索性创新有正向影响，且被正式化加强；而对开发性创新的影响取决于协作和有限手段条件等效果逻辑过程。
Abstract Entrepreneurial leadership in the public sector has attracted the interest of both scholars and policymakers, as it is seen as a key determinant of innovation. This study adopts a contingency view of leadership and examines the entrepreneurial leadership–innovation relationship while also considering the moderating effects of the causal‐ and effectual‐logic processes employed. Based on multisource data across 105 municipal departments in Greece, the findings suggest that entrepreneurial leadership exerts a positive effect on exploratory innovation; this effect is further reinforced by formalization. In contrast, entrepreneurial leadership's influence on exploitative innovation depends on collaboration and conditions of working with limited means, in such a way that the impact is positive only at high levels of these effectual‐logic processes; at low levels, it is negative. Practical implications are discussed for public organizations seeking to translate entrepreneurial leadership into innovation.