The Contingency Influence Mechanism of Transformational/Transactional Leadership on Workgroup Innovation Performance:The Moderating Role of Workgroup Emotional Climate

In this paper,questionnaire survey on 85 workgroup leaders and 450 workgroup members in 85 teams is conducted to examine the model.Analyses of a matched sample show that workgroup emotional climate moderates the relationship between transformational/transactional leadership and workgroup innovation performance.Specifically,when the workgroup emotional climate is positive,transformational leadership is positively related to workgroup innovation performance,and transactional leadership is negatively related to workgroup innovation performance;however,when the workgroup emotional climate is negative,transformational leadership is negatively related to workgroup innovation performance,and transactional leadership is positively related to workgroup innovation performance.Corresponding managerial implications are offered.