احسان كياني خواه

Employee-driven innovation is a phenomenon an‎d topic that has been discussed by researchers in the fields of management, innovation, an‎d corporate entrepreneurship in recent years an‎d is a valuable resource for organizations seeking to increase their innovation capacity. This concept refers to a type of innovation that comes from individual employees of the organization an‎d is not defined in their formal job scope an‎d is not necessarily expected. Employee-driven innovation is influenced by many contexts an‎d factors, with the two components of "leadership" an‎d "organizational structure" having the greatest impact on it in many ways. The present study was an attempt to investigate which leadership styles, along with specific structural features in organizations, can encourage innovative behavior of employees an‎d an attempt has been made to present a proposed typology of these styles. This research was conducted qualitatively using a selec‎ted statistical population an‎d semi-structured interviews to theoretical saturation with 9 experts an‎d managers active an‎d familiar with the field of innovation. The data from the interviews were coded using thematic analysis method; a total of 202 basic themes were obtained, from which 11 general organizing themes were extracted in relation to the research topic an‎d questions. Finally, it was determined that democratic, pluralistic, interactive, charismatic, entrepreneurial, empowering, transformational, strategic, an‎d contingent leadership styles, along with structural characteristics of decision-making an‎d participation, a supportive work environment an‎d infrastructure, manager support, communication an‎d transparent information transfer, access to resources, decentralization an‎d reduction of formality an‎d bureaucracy, flat organizational structures, an‎d structures based on teamwork an‎d integration can be effective in encouraging employee-centered innovation an‎d institutionalizing it in organizational culture.

سبك‌هاي رهبري , ساختارهاي سازماني , نوآوري كارمندمحور , نوآوري

leadership styles , organizational structures , employee-driven innovation , innovation

Ehsan Kianikhah

Dr. Mahdi Abdolhamid