How Can Creative Ideas Be Implemented?The Roles of Leader Performance-Prove Goal Orientation and Boundary-Spanning Strategy

Figures & data

Figure 1. Theoretical research model

Table 1. Means, SD, and correlations

Variable	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1 Team tenure	1.76	0.82
2 Team size	7.42	3.24	0.00
3 Leader sex	0.69	0.15	−0.03	0.00
4 Leader tenure	6.79	4.56	0.15	0.01	0.00
5 Idea generation	5.01	0.68	−0.09*	0.03	0.07	−0.03
6 Idea implementation	4.78	0.53	0.05	0.08	−0.06	0.12*	0.07
7 Leader performance-prove goal orientation	5.23	0.79	0.01	−0.02	0.13*	−0.01	0.01	0.37***
8 Leader ambassadorial activity	4.98	0.74	0.02	−0.03	0.11*	−0.03	0.27**	0.42***	0.34***
9 Leader task coordination activity	5.12	0.67	−0.03	−0.03	0.09*	−0.05	0.29**	0.19*	0.21*	0.15*

N = 83; *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001

Table 2. Results of hierarchical linear regression

Independent variables	Dependent variable:idea implementation
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
Step 1:controls
Team tenure	0.02(0.22)	0.01(0.13)	0.02(0.03)
Team size	−0.00(0.16)	−0.01(0.21)	−0.01(0.10)
Leader sex	0.05(0.31)	−0.03(0.19)	−0.03(0.13)
Leader tenure	0.04(0.29)	0.04(0.44)	0.04(0.24)
Step 2:Main effects
Idea generation		0.09(0.32)	0.08(0.22)
leader performance-prove goal orientation		0.25**(0.08)	0.23**(0.11)
Leader ambassadorial activity		0.41***(0.05)	0.40***(0.06)
Leader task coordination activity		0.11^＋(0.09)	0.10^＋(0.05)
Step 3:interactions
Idea generation ×leader performance-prove orientation			0.37**(0.09)
Idea generation × leader ambassadorial activities			0.42**(0.11)
Idea generation ×leader task coordination activities			0.16^+(0.07)
adjust R^2	0.17	0.31	0.49
ΔR^2		0.12**	0.18**
F		2.77**	3.49**

Standardized coefficients are reported, and standard errors are in parentheses. N = 83; + p < .1; *p < .05; ** p < .01; ***p < .001

Figure 2. Simple slope of the moderating role of leader performance-prove goal orientation in the relationship between idea generation and idea implementation

Figure 3. Simple slope of the moderating role of leader ambassadorial activities in the relationship between idea generation and idea implementation

Figure 4. Simple slope of the moderating role of leader task coordination in the relationship between idea generation and idea implementation