Effects of Authentic Leadership on Intrapreneurial Behaviour: A Study in the Service Sector of Southern Spain
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Background and Hypothesis Development
3. Research Methods
3.1. Sample and Data Collection
3.2. Measures
3.2.1. Authentic Leadership
3.2.2. Work Autonomy and Meaningful Work (MW)
3.2.3. Practised Creativity
3.2.4. Intrapreneurial Behaviour
4. Data Analysis
5. Results
6. Discussion
7. Implications and Contributions
8. Limitations and Future Recommendations
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Items | Outer Loading | VIF | AVE | Cronbach’s Alpha | CR | |
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Authentic leadership | AL_2 | 0.774 | 2.432 | 0.598 | 0.951 | 0.957 | |
AL_3 | 0.841 | 3.524 | |||||
AL_4 | 0.704 | 1.902 | |||||
AL_5 | 0.691 | 1.894 | |||||
AL_6 | 0.816 | 3.003 | |||||
AL_7 | 0.635 | 1.817 | |||||
AL_8 | 0.778 | 2.316 | |||||
AL_9 | 0.826 | 2.894 | |||||
AL_10 | 0.779 | 2.499 | |||||
AL_11 | 0.723 | 2.193 | |||||
AL_12 | 0.853 | 4.599 | |||||
AL_13 | 0.880 | 2.023 | |||||
AL_14 | 0.653 | 3.143 | |||||
AL_15 | 0.829 | ||||||
AL_16 | 0.770 | 2.446 | |||||
Work autonomy | WA_1 | 0.825 | 2.434 | 0.763 | 0.895 | 0.928 | |
WA_2 | 0.837 | 3.072 | |||||
WA_3 | 0.894 | 4.072 | |||||
WA_4 | 0.933 | 1.996 | |||||
Practised creativity | PC_1 | 0.842 | 2.291 | 0.624 | 0.848 | 0.892 | |
PC_2 | 0.826 | 2.123 | |||||
PC_3 | 0.685 | 1.498 | |||||
PC_4 | 0.765 | 1.630 | |||||
PC_5 | 0.823 | 1.993 | |||||
Meaningful work | MW_1 | 0.876 | 1.975 | 0.714 | 0.798 | 0.882 | |
MW_2 | 0.889 | 2.227 | |||||
MW_3 | 0.764 | 1.456 | |||||
Intrapreneurial behaviour | IB_1 | 0.739 | 1.660 | 0.580 | 0.856 | 0.892 | |
IB_2 | 0.796 | 1.917 | |||||
IB_3 | 0.714 | 1.923 | |||||
IB_5 | 0.726 | 2.070 | |||||
IB_6 | 0.755 | 2.168 | |||||
IB_7 | 0.832 |
Fornell-Larcker | |||||||
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M | SD | WA | PC | IB | AL | MW | |
Work Autonomy (WA) | 5.19 | 1.165 | 0.873 | ||||
Practised Creativity (PC) | 3.72 | 0.787 | 0.683 ** | 0.790 | |||
Intrapreneurial Behaviour (IB) | 3.74 | 0.677 | 0.385 ** | 0.489 ** | 0.761 | ||
Authentic Leadership (AL) | 3.46 | 0.949 | 0.489 ** | 0.486 ** | 0.249 ** | 0.774 | |
Meaningful Work (MW) | 5.51 | 0.914 | 0.338 ** | 0.537 ** | 0.498 ** | 0.338 ** | 0.845 |
Hypothesis | Coefficient | CI | p Values | T Statistics | F2 | Sig |
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Direct effects | ||||||
H1: AL→IB | −0.128 ** | (−0.249; −0.001) | 0.041 | 2.040 | 0.015 | Yes |
Indirect effects | ||||||
H2: AL→PC→IB | 0.139 ** | (0.089; 0.193) | 0.000 | 5.230 | Yes | |
Al→PC | 0.343 | (0.267; 0.419) | 0.000 | 8.77 | Yes | |
PC→IB | 0.407 | (0.233; 0.544) | 0.000 | 5.76 | Yes | |
H3: AL→WA→IB | −0.131 | (−0.072; 0.087) | −0.227 | 1.085 | No | |
AL→WA | 0.525 | (0.451; 0.596) | 0.000 | 13.96 | Yes | |
WA→IB | 0.018 | (−0.139; 0.164) | 0.822 | 0.224 | No | |
H4: AL→MW→IB | 0.059 ** | (0.046; 0.126) | 0.166 | 2.737 | Yes | |
AL→MW | 0.253 | (0.151; 0.358) | 0.000 | 4.789 | Yes | |
MW→IB | 0.324 | (0.207−0.433) | 0.000 | 5.652 | Yes |
Original Sample (O) | Sample Mean (M) | Standard Deviation (STDEV) | T Statistics (O/STDEV) | p Values | |
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Employee tenure (ET)→IB | −0.014 | −0.013 | 0.046 | 0.308 | 0.758 |
AL→Employee tenure (ET) | −0.047 | −0.047 | 0.054 | 0.875 | 0.382 |
Employee tenure (ET) × AL→IB | 0.034 | 0.037 | 0.056 | 0.612 | 0.541 |
Employee tenure (ET) × AL→PC | −0.044 | −0.044 | 0.040 | 1.111 | 0.267 |
Employee tenure (ET) × AL→S | −0.034 | −0.036 | 0.052 | 0.658 | 0.511 |
Employee tenure (ET) × AL→WA | −0.067 | −0.067 | 0.041 | 1.622 | 0.105 |
Employee tenure (ET) × MS→IB | −0.027 | −0.022 | 0.057 | 0.473 | 0.636 |
Employee tenure (ET) × WA→IB | −0.008 | −0.007 | 0.077 | 0.108 | 0.914 |
Employee tenure (ET) × PC→IB | −0.005 | −0.009 | 0.083 | 0.058 | 0.954 |
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González-Cánovas, A.; Trillo, A.; Jiménez-Barrionuevo, M.M.; Bretones, F.D. Effects of Authentic Leadership on Intrapreneurial Behaviour: A Study in the Service Sector of Southern Spain. Behav. Sci. 2024, 14, 705. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14080705
González-Cánovas A, Trillo A, Jiménez-Barrionuevo MM, Bretones FD. Effects of Authentic Leadership on Intrapreneurial Behaviour: A Study in the Service Sector of Southern Spain. Behavioral Sciences. 2024; 14(8):705. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14080705
Chicago/Turabian StyleGonzález-Cánovas, Alejandro, Alejandra Trillo, María Magdalena Jiménez-Barrionuevo, and Francisco D. Bretones. 2024. "Effects of Authentic Leadership on Intrapreneurial Behaviour: A Study in the Service Sector of Southern Spain" Behavioral Sciences 14, no. 8: 705. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14080705