How Organizational Improvisational, Transformational Leadership Styles Impact Innovation Performance of Start-Up Companies in VUCA Environments

Wenxi Xiong, Yongzhong Yang

2024

Abstract

Entering the competitive VUCA environment, the traditional management model with prediction and control as the main measures has not adapted to the needs of the times in certain situations, and it has become a hot topic for start-ups to survive and grow in the current unpredictable environment and achieve breakthrough innovation. This study constructs a correlation model between organizational improvisation, transformational leadership, and innovation performance of start-ups, and uses the VUCA environment as a moderating variable. The findings confirm that all dimensions of organisational improvisation and transformational leadership significantly affect the innovation performance of start-ups; Organizational improvisation and transformational leadership positively interact to influence innovation performance of start-ups, i.e. organizational improvisation and transformational leadership reinforce each other's influence on innovation performance of start-ups; The VUCA environment positively moderates the impact of organizational improvisation and transformational leadership on innovation performance of start-ups. This study will help start-ups to fully grasp the fleeting opportunities and respond to the changing external environment in a timely manner to further enhance the competitive advantage of start-ups, and provide practical guidance for top managers of start-ups to enhance their innovation performance.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Xiong W. and Yang Y. (2024). How Organizational Improvisational, Transformational Leadership Styles Impact Innovation Performance of Start-Up Companies in VUCA Environments. In Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 3: KMIS; ISBN 978-989-758-716-0, SciTePress, pages 295-304. DOI: 10.5220/0012997300003838

in Bibtex Style

@conference{kmis24,
author={Wenxi Xiong and Yongzhong Yang},
title={How Organizational Improvisational, Transformational Leadership Styles Impact Innovation Performance of Start-Up Companies in VUCA Environments},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 3: KMIS},
year={2024},
pages={295-304},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012997300003838},
isbn={978-989-758-716-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 3: KMIS
TI - How Organizational Improvisational, Transformational Leadership Styles Impact Innovation Performance of Start-Up Companies in VUCA Environments
SN - 978-989-758-716-0
AU - Xiong W.
AU - Yang Y.
PY - 2024
SP - 295
EP - 304
DO - 10.5220/0012997300003838
PB - SciTePress