리더의 임파워링 리더십, 구성원의 잡 크래프팅, 직무만족, 창의성 간의 구조적 관계 분석

Two dominant perspective of organizational competitiveness – job satisfaction and individual creativity remain separate in management studies. To synthesize these perspectives, this study suggests a structural relationship of empowering leadership, job crafting, job satisfaction, and individual creativity. Many scholars define empowering leadership and job crafting as a process of delegating power and allocating autonomy to followers to boost job responsibilities and creative capabilities. In order to analyze the research results, survey data was collected from 207 employees in a manufacturing corporation. The results of this study were as follows. First, empowering leadership is positively leading to followers’ job crafting and creativity. Second, followers’ job crafting is positively leading to job satisfaction and creativity. Third, followers’ job crafting strengthens the relationship between empowering leadership and job satisfaction and creativity. Based on the results, this study suggests academic contributions and practical implications. Also, this study sheds light on the road-map for future research.