과학기술분야 정부출연연구기관 연구개발 인력이 지각한 임파워링 리더십이 창의적 행동에 미치는 영향: 전문가 지향성의 조절효과와 직무열의의 매개효과

R&D employees working at government-funded research institutes, who play a pivotal role in creating scientific knowledge and technologies, are critical human resources at the national level. To secure national competitiveness, research on the relationship among factors that promote R&D employees’creative behavior should be conducted. This study empirically examined the moderating effect of professional orientation and the mediating effect of work engagement in the process through which empowering leadership influences R&D employees’creative behavior in the field of science and technology. Responses from 166 individuals were analyzed, and the findings are as follows: First, work engagement fully mediated the relationship between perceived empowering leadership and creative behavior. Second, professional orientation moderated the relationship between perceived empowering leadership and work engagement. Finally, professional orientation did not significantly moderate the mediating effect of work engagement. The results of this study suggest that government-funded research institutes in the field of science and technology should introduce empowering leadership development programs and implement strategies to improve personnel’s work engagement.