在激烈的市場競爭環境中,企業必需持續進行創新活動,以創造與維持其競爭優勢,其重點在於為創新活動注入價值,而此價值活動即為成功的新產品研發。根據過去學者的研究,領導者的領導型態,影響其組織的氣候氛圍,而組織的創新氣候也是影響部屬工作創新與績效的因素之一。 綜合文獻所述,轉換型領導是建立在交易領導的基礎上,關係取向的轉換型領導對團隊成員有顯著的影響效果,且轉換型領導的領導效能優於交易型領導,故本研究以轉換型領導來探討其對新產品研發績效之影響。 回顧過去學者的相關研究中,已有研究者探討領導風格對於組織創新氣候之關聯性與領導風格對於組織績效之影響,亦有針對組織創新氣候對新產品研發績效影響之探討,但卻很少將此三構面進行關聯性研究。因此,本研究對台灣地區設有研發單位之企業,以問卷調查法針對轉換型領導與組織創新氣候對新產品研發績效之關聯進行探討。 研究結果顯示,轉換型領導對新產品研發績效有正面影響。組織創新氣候對新產品研發績效均有正面影響,其中以組織支援活動與團隊運作的影響較大。轉換型領導對組織創新氣候的四構面均有正面影響,其影響大小依序為領導效能、組織支援活動、工作環境及團隊運作。組織創新氣候的組織支援活動與團隊運作在轉換型領導與新產品研發績效間,具有顯著的中介效果。 期望透過本研究,能夠使企業之領導者瞭解與有效運用領導力,進而營造創新氣候的組織環境來提昇新產品研發績效,以創造與維持其競爭優勢,並提供學術界做進一步研究之參考。
In the fierce market competition, companies need continuous innovation to create and maintain their competitive advantages, with its emphasis on the innovation into value, while the value of activities will be the successful development of new products. Base on the study of scholars, the leader’s leadership will affect the organizational climate, and the organizational innovation climate is also affecting the innovation and performance. Comprehensive literature described, transactional leadership is the foundation of transformational leadership, and the effectiveness of transformational leadership then transactional leadership. The purpose of this study is to discuss the impact of transformational leadership on performance of new product development. The results show that transformational leadership is positively related to performance of new product development. Organizational innovation climate is positively related to performance of new product development and that the impact on the dimensions of support activities and team work are found to be the most obvious of all. In addition, support activities and team work have the most distinct intervening effect among all type of organizational innovation climate. Expect that this results can offers leaders practical implications on the use of transformational leadership to improve performance of new product development but also provides bases for further academic studies.