An Analysis of an Effect of the Empowering Leadership in a Japanese Company

• Project/Area Number: 15K03623
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Management
• Research Institution: Daito Bunka University
• Principal Investigator: Aoki Mikiyoshi 大東文化大学, 経営学部, 教授 (00159295)
• Research Collaborator: TOUMA Masayoshi ; Chon Fun Din
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: リーダーシップ / エンパワリング・リーダーシップ / エンパワーメント / 心理的エンパワーメント / プロアクティ・パーソナリティ / エンパワリングリーダーシップ / 課長職 / 製造業

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study,I analyzed an effect of the empowering leadership in a Japanese company.Empowering leadership is the leadership to support subordinates.As a result of this study,I concluded that the empowering leadership did not affect the subordinates' creativity and ability directly.However I understood that the empowering leadership affected subordinates' creativity and ability indirectly through their psychological empowerment.And I found that superiors took the empowering leadership style by their innovative personality.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] エンパワリング・リーダーシップ研究の発展と現状 (2016)
  • Author(s): 青木幹喜
  • Journal Title: 経営論集 Volume: 32
  • NAID: 40020999549